Tea-pot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tea-pot is a noun meaning Alternative form of teapot.
Meaning
Alternative form of teapot.
Example Sentences
The proprietor of the house cowered over a bed-candle and a furtive tea-pot in the back drawing-room.
[O]ur friend was a hearty toper in the days of his Whiggery, but no sooner turned one of the tautest of Tories, than he took to the tea-pot. It seems a thing against nature.
[…] a glance at the well-ordered tea-table, the shining cream-jug, the hissing urn, the tea-pot, already in operation, and the gentle and lovely aspect of two ladies, had their influence—he sat down.
Here are the slanderings, too, going on at home; for, while the husbands are assembled, it would be hard if the wives were not to do the same; and the very least that is to be expected is, that the tea-pot should keep pace with the porter-pot […]
Word Forms
- tea-pots
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