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单词 tea-bottle
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tea-bottle
tea-bottle n. a bottle containing tea (sense 2a); also slang, an old maid.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > bottle > for tea
tea-bottle1909
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly
old maid1530
old maiden1566
pussock1622
ape-leader1652
thornback1694
spinster1719
tabby1748
virgin1759
tea-bottle1909
1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 241/2 Tea-bottle (Mid.-class), and old maid—from the ordinary drink of spinsters.
1975 B. Meyrick Behind Light xv. 198 He unwedged the sought-after tea bottle from its place behind the pipes.
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