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Example sentences from the Web for tea leafThis contest is already being used as a proxy for the November general election, with tea-leaf reading being in ample supply. Scott Walker Won Because He Took Action Against Soaring Pension Costs|Zachary Karabell|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST The only problem with all the tea-leaf reading that next Tuesday will bring is that it will be meaningless. Why the Democrats Should Lose|Peter Beinart|October 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST The Colonel was coming round; the rest, or the ointment, or the tea-leaf poultice, had been good for snowblindness. The Magnetic North|Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond) A good deal of practice is necessary before the tea-leaf symbols can be accurately interpreted at a glance. Telling Fortunes by Tea Leaves|Cicely Kent
She could not join in the chit-chat which went on under the benevolent influence of the tea-leaf, the great untier of tongues. When Ghost Meets Ghost|William Frend De Morgan The leaves are large and do not bear the slightest resemblance to the tea-leaf. Three Years in Western China|Alexander Hosie In the proposed United States tea-adulteration law a maximum of 8% of total ash is allowed for tea-leaf. Legal Chemistry|A. Naquet
nounthe dried leaf of the tea shrub, used to make tea (usually plural) shredded parts of these leaves, esp after infusion British and Australian slang a thief Word Origin for tea leafsense 3 rhyming slang Words nearby tea leafteakettle, teakwood, teal, tea lady, tea lead, tea leaf, tea-length, Teale's amputation, tea light, team, tea maker Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |