What does tea-caddy mean?
Tea-caddy means Alternative form of tea caddy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of tea caddy..
Mrs. Corney shook her he ad[ ]mournfully,^([sic]) as if deploring the mental blindness of those paupers who did not know it, and, thrusting a silver spoon (private property) into the inmost recesses of a two-ounce tin tea-caddy, proceeded to make the tea.
After-life proved the truth of this melancholy prophecy: and Mrs Clapp revenged herself for the deterioration of mankind by levying the most savage contributions upon the tea-caddies and legs of mutton of her locataires.
And the young lady, with a laugh, sat down, looking so pleased, and good-natured, and merry, that even old Tamar was fain to smile a glimmering smile; and little Margery actively brought the tea-caddy; and the kettle being in a skittish, singing state, quickly went off in a boil, and Tamar actually made tea in her brown tea-pot.
Thus we find that many of the teasets, in particular the gilded ones, had a tea-caddy (Plate 99) and a spoon-tray (Plate 106).
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Tea-caddy means Alternative form of tea caddy..
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Mrs. Corney shook her he ad[ ]mournfully,^([sic]) as if deploring the mental blindness of those paupers who did not know it, and, thrusting a silver spoon (private property) into the inmost recesses of a two-ounce tin tea-caddy, proceeded to make the tea.
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