teapoy
Americannoun
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a small three-legged table or stand.
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a small table for use in serving tea.
noun
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a small table or stand with a tripod base
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a tea caddy on such a table or stand
Etymology
Origin of teapoy
1820–30; < Hindi tīpāi, alteration (with t- from tir- three < Sanskrit tri ) of Persian si-pāya three-legged stand
Example Sentences
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After we had thus been seated for about five minutes there was a rap on the leg of the teapoy.
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by Mukerji, S.
On the teapoy on the left, were spread out Wen Wang tripods, spoons, chopsticks and scent-bottles.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
Finally, at three o'clock Moody gave up and said, "We'll have to make the rest of this trip in a teapoy."
From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
On the couch stood a small teapoy, light and handy, of foreign lacquer, inlaid with gold.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
Then the hypnotist asked us to remove our hands from the top of the teapoy.
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by Mukerji, S.
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