a small table with wheels or castors like a trolley, having two or more levels for holding dishes of food, cutlery, etc., and used in serving…
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > tea-trolley (7) dinner wagon1826 a small table with wheels or castors like a trolley, having two or more levels for holding dishes of food, cutlery, etc., and used in serving… tea-wagon1840 †(a) an East Indiaman used to carry cargoes of tea (obsolete); (b) = tea-trolley n. above. wagon table1844 (see quot. and sense 9 above). wagon1906 Short for dinner wagon n. at dinner, n. compounds 3. Cf. wagon table n. at compounds 2. silent butler1912 A type of wheeled trolley on which crockery, food, etc., can be transported to and from a dining table. tea-trolley1937 a trolley (sense 2c) for conveying tea-things. Subcategories:— sweet trolley (1) |
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