tea mann.

Brit.

/ˈtiː man/, U.S.

/ˈti ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural tea men.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tea n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: < tea n.¹ + man n.¹The alleged Russian word given in quot. 1857 at sense 2 is apparently not attested in Russian. In use with reference to Japan (see sense 2(b)) after Japanese chajin person knowledgeable about the tea ceremony, tea master (1684; 1403 in sense ‘person who harvests or manufactures tea’ (with reference to China); probably < Middle Chinese (where it is attested in the sense ‘tea picker’); compare Chinese chá cha n. and rén person). With sense 5 compare tea n.¹ 7c.

1. A dealer in tea; a tea merchant. Now only in historical contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > sellers of other provisions

cheesemonger1185

pudding-wife1287

eirmongerc1305

honeyman1510

egg-wife1659

corn-chandler1687

pickle man1714

tea man1736

pickle dealer1791

iceman1807

ice-creamer1851

plum duffer1851

barm-man1913

traiteur1963

1736 H. Kent Directory 22 Gregg Edward, Teaman.

1776 Prudence Triumphing 186 Robert..borrowed four thousand pounds from one Sanzey, a tea-man.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 441 This system of tasting is what constitutes the acme of the great Teaman's trade.

1891 Daily News 16 May 5/4 The Chinese tea-men are reported to maintain a sort of incredulous nonchalance..in the face of that almost complete capture of the English market by the Indian and Ceylon teas.

1930 Motor Boating June 40/1 Sir Thomas Lipton, that Irish tea-man and international yachtsman.

1986 Y.-P. Hao in E. R. May & J. K. Fairbank America's China Trade in Hist. Perspective i. 21 Another method [sc. of purchasing tea] was to make cash advances to Chinese tea men.

2014 R. J. Grace Opium & Empire viii. 199 Everyone at Canton understood that the Tea men were holding back their teas.

2. A man who prepares and serves tea; spec. (a) one who serves tea to customers in a tea house or similar establishment; (b) (in Japanese contexts) one who performs the tea ceremony; a tea master.Originally and frequently in translations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > serving tea or coffee > [noun] > server of tea

tea-boy1847

tea man1857

tea-girl1889

tea master1914

tea-lady1964

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > tea ceremony > [noun] > expert in

tea man1857

tea master1914

1857 Househ. Words 14 Mar. 253/1 There is the Tchaïchik—the teaman—who carries a glowing samovar beneath his arm.

1886 Sat. Rev. 24 July 133/1 We are told by Mr. Anderson, ‘a studied simplicity reigned supreme in the assemblage of the Chajin’, or tea-men.

1911 J. E. Patterson Vagabondage ii. iii. 186 We entered a..tea-house on the right of the harbour... The tea-man..came forward.

1997 S. B. Morrow Names of Things 125 I was..with Saad and Jesus the tea man, who was making us tea.

2008 S. A. Thornton Japanese Period Film iv. 92 Through Rikyū, and tea men like him, the tea ceremony passed from the wealthy merchants to the warlords.

†3. British Prison slang. A prisoner who is permitted a ration of tea each day. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1877 with reference to Millbank Prison, where this privilege was granted in return for good behaviour to prisoners who had served two years of their sentence.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > privileged or having responsibilities

free-warder1595

ruler1733

wardsman1789

runner1830

trusty1849

tea man1877

red band1923

trustee1933

passman1965

1877 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude ii. 85 ‘Tea men’..have the privilege..of having one pint of tea every evening instead of gruel.

4. A man who enjoys drinking tea, esp. in preference to coffee.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking tea > person

tea-drinker1737

theistc1818

tea man1907

1907 R. Lyndon Another Point of View 278 Not that I am a tea-man. I have often heard servants reviled for requiring beer at eleven; I see nothing worse in that than drinking tea at five.

1987 Guardian 23 Dec. 5/6 Senator Bob Dole..is a coffee man... The Rev Pat Robertson, the television preacher, is a tea man.

2013 M. Brownley Gunpowder Tea v. 55 If Shakespeare was a tea man as you say, then perhaps that explains why Hamlet is such an incessant talker.

5. U.S. slang. A smoker of, or dealer in, marijuana. Cf. tea n.¹ 7c. Now dated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > user of marijuana

muggle-head1926

tea man1938

weedhead1939

reefer1940

tea-head1953

grasshopper1954

pothead1957

pot smoker1965

stoner1971

toker1975

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of illicit drugs

drug dealer1800

drug peddler1889

swing man1903

drug pusher1904

drug trafficker1912

dope-merchant1921

junker1922

dope-pedlar1923

junkie1923

pedlar1929

pusher1929

dope-seller1930

dope-runner1933

connection1934

dope-smuggler1937

tea man1938

man1942

dealer1951

score1951

passer1956

candy man1965

narcotraficante1980

clocker1989

1938 Amer. Speech 13 192/1 Tea-man, a reefer-man or marijuana addict.

1950 H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 220/2 Tea-man, a smoker or purveyor of marijuana.

1959 in J. E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo & Lore 182 Tea man, same as Tea hound..a consumer of Texas tea, i.e., a smoker of marijuana cigarettes.

1969 J. B. Williams Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs ii. ii. 108 To confuse things further, the pothead is also referred to as a teaman, a weedhound, a roachbender, or sagebrush whacker.

2003 L. Davis & H. Lee tr. H. Lee First Rasta xviii. 163 The dealer was the ‘tea man’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tea man
释义	tea mann. Brit. /ˈtiː man/, U.S. /ˈti ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural tea men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tea n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: < tea n.¹ + man n.¹The alleged Russian word given in quot. 1857 at sense 2 is apparently not attested in Russian. In use with reference to Japan (see sense 2(b)) after Japanese chajin person knowledgeable about the tea ceremony, tea master (1684; 1403 in sense ‘person who harvests or manufactures tea’ (with reference to China); probably < Middle Chinese (where it is attested in the sense ‘tea picker’); compare Chinese chá cha n. and rén person). With sense 5 compare tea n.¹ 7c. 1. A dealer in tea; a tea merchant. Now only in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > sellers of other provisions cheesemonger1185 pudding-wife1287 eirmongerc1305 honeyman1510 egg-wife1659 corn-chandler1687 pickle man1714 tea man1736 pickle dealer1791 iceman1807 ice-creamer1851 plum duffer1851 barm-man1913 traiteur1963 1736 H. Kent Directory 22 Gregg Edward, Teaman. 1776 Prudence Triumphing 186 Robert..borrowed four thousand pounds from one Sanzey, a tea-man. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 441 This system of tasting is what constitutes the acme of the great Teaman's trade. 1891 Daily News 16 May 5/4 The Chinese tea-men are reported to maintain a sort of incredulous nonchalance..in the face of that almost complete capture of the English market by the Indian and Ceylon teas. 1930 Motor Boating June 40/1 Sir Thomas Lipton, that Irish tea-man and international yachtsman. 1986 Y.-P. Hao in E. R. May & J. K. Fairbank America's China Trade in Hist. Perspective i. 21 Another method [sc. of purchasing tea] was to make cash advances to Chinese tea men. 2014 R. J. Grace Opium & Empire viii. 199 Everyone at Canton understood that the Tea men were holding back their teas. 2. A man who prepares and serves tea; spec. (a) one who serves tea to customers in a tea house or similar establishment; (b) (in Japanese contexts) one who performs the tea ceremony; a tea master.Originally and frequently in translations. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > serving tea or coffee > [noun] > server of tea tea-boy1847 tea man1857 tea-girl1889 tea master1914 tea-lady1964 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > tea ceremony > [noun] > expert in tea man1857 tea master1914 1857 Househ. Words 14 Mar. 253/1 There is the Tchaïchik—the teaman—who carries a glowing samovar beneath his arm. 1886 Sat. Rev. 24 July 133/1 We are told by Mr. Anderson, ‘a studied simplicity reigned supreme in the assemblage of the Chajin’, or tea-men. 1911 J. E. Patterson Vagabondage ii. iii. 186 We entered a..tea-house on the right of the harbour... The tea-man..came forward. 1997 S. B. Morrow Names of Things 125 I was..with Saad and Jesus the tea man, who was making us tea. 2008 S. A. Thornton Japanese Period Film iv. 92 Through Rikyū, and tea men like him, the tea ceremony passed from the wealthy merchants to the warlords. †3. British Prison slang. A prisoner who is permitted a ration of tea each day. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1877 with reference to Millbank Prison, where this privilege was granted in return for good behaviour to prisoners who had served two years of their sentence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > privileged or having responsibilities free-warder1595 ruler1733 wardsman1789 runner1830 trusty1849 tea man1877 red band1923 trustee1933 passman1965 1877 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude ii. 85 ‘Tea men’..have the privilege..of having one pint of tea every evening instead of gruel. 4. A man who enjoys drinking tea, esp. in preference to coffee. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking tea > person tea-drinker1737 theistc1818 tea man1907 1907 R. Lyndon Another Point of View 278 Not that I am a tea-man. I have often heard servants reviled for requiring beer at eleven; I see nothing worse in that than drinking tea at five. 1987 Guardian 23 Dec. 5/6 Senator Bob Dole..is a coffee man... The Rev Pat Robertson, the television preacher, is a tea man. 2013 M. Brownley Gunpowder Tea v. 55 If Shakespeare was a tea man as you say, then perhaps that explains why Hamlet is such an incessant talker. 5. U.S. slang. A smoker of, or dealer in, marijuana. Cf. tea n.¹ 7c. Now dated. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > user of marijuana muggle-head1926 tea man1938 weedhead1939 reefer1940 tea-head1953 grasshopper1954 pothead1957 pot smoker1965 stoner1971 toker1975 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of illicit drugs drug dealer1800 drug peddler1889 swing man1903 drug pusher1904 drug trafficker1912 dope-merchant1921 junker1922 dope-pedlar1923 junkie1923 pedlar1929 pusher1929 dope-seller1930 dope-runner1933 connection1934 dope-smuggler1937 tea man1938 man1942 dealer1951 score1951 passer1956 candy man1965 narcotraficante1980 clocker1989 1938 Amer. Speech 13 192/1 Tea-man, a reefer-man or marijuana addict. 1950 H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 220/2 Tea-man, a smoker or purveyor of marijuana. 1959 in J. E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo & Lore 182 Tea man, same as Tea hound..a consumer of Texas tea, i.e., a smoker of marijuana cigarettes. 1969 J. B. Williams Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs ii. ii. 108 To confuse things further, the pothead is also referred to as a teaman, a weedhound, a roachbender, or sagebrush whacker. 2003 L. Davis & H. Lee tr. H. Lee First Rasta xviii. 163 The dealer was the ‘tea man’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1736
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