tea caddy

Definitions

A box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves.

Equivalents

Examples

“Mrs. Hone would have⟳ owned all the equipage that most upper-middle-class households needed to hold⟳ a proper tea, including a tea table (or teapoy), a tray, a teapot, creamer, sugar bowl with tongs, cups, saucers, tea caddy, teaspoons, and likely a tea urn, slop bowl, strainer, and spoon tray. While availing herself of Carneses' tea and one of their tea caddies, she might also have⟳ purchased and utilized one of their teapoys.”

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