单词 | tea-bottle |
释义 | > as lemmastea-bottle tea-bottle n. a bottle containing tea (sense 2a); also slang, an old maid. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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