单词 | tea-box |
释义 | > as lemmastea-box tea-box n. (a) a box for containing tea; in quot. 1825 = tea-chest n. 2; (b) Canadian a box for carrying food and cooking utensils on an expedition. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > box for tea tea-canister1726 tea-chest1740 tea-box1758 tea-caddy1790 caddy1792 the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > container for provisions provision basket1770 sandwich case1815 tommy bag1843 lunchbox1862 bait-poke1863 teabag1898 brown bag1947 tiffin-carrier1960 tea-box1972 1758 A. Pitt Let. 10 Nov. in Lett. C'tess Suffolk (1824) II. 252 So I design to send it [sc. a letter] with a tea box my sister left and does not want. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 632 The lead which lines the Chinese tea-boxes is reduced to a thinness which our plumbers cannot, it is said, approach. 1972 S. Burnford One Woman's Arctic vii. 154 In no time at all had the team hitched up, and his rifle and teabox abroad. < as lemmas |
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