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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At her side was a Chinese teapoy, a nest of lacquer tables, and on it stood a small, squat idol.
From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
Dr. John Dunn, the physician at Tshikapa, had started at dawn to meet me, and my teapoy adventures, for the moment, were ended.
From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
Then the hypnotist asked us to remove our hands from the top of the teapoy.
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by Mukerji, S.
"Spirit", said the hypnotist "as the names are mentioned one rap means pass, two mean plucked"; then he addressed the others sitting around "see that I am not kicking at the leg of the teapoy."
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by Mukerji, S.
Search was immediately made for the Begum, and while looking for this mutiness Princess in one of her apartments, Carlton took up from a teapoy or dressing table, a small but curiously carved steel casket.
From Vellenaux A Novel by Forrest, E. W. (Edmund William)
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