teapoyn.
/ˈtiːpɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈtiˌpɔɪ/ Anglo-Indian.
A small three-legged table or stand, or any tripod; (also, by association with tea) such a table with a receptacle for tea or a tea-caddy.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > small table
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1828 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VI. xxix. 246 A low teapoy of sessoo wood.
1844 J. W. Kaye Peregrine Pultuney I. v. 112 A tepoy or tinpoy is a thing with three feet, used in India to denote a little table.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tea-poy, an ornamental pedestal table, with lifting top, enclosing caddies for holding tea.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Teapoy,..often in England imagined to have some connexion with tea, and hence, in London shops for japanned ware and the like, a teapoy means a tea-chest fixed on legs. But this is quite erroneous.
1887 Yan Phou Lee When I was a Boy in China 25 [The tables] were flanked by two rows of chairs..with tea-poys between that served to hold the cups of guests.
1909 A. Hayden Chats Eng. Earthenware 207 Among the most beautiful designs in this plain white ware [sc. salt glaze] are..teapoys or tea canisters, and teapots.
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