tea-chestn.
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tea-canister1726
tea-chest1740
tea-box1758
tea-caddy1790
caddy1792
1740 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 97 I have got a very neat tea-chest for Mrs. Yate, which shall be filled with tea, and delivered to her.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Teachest, a small kind of cabinet in which tea is brought to table.
1780 F. Burney Jrnl. Apr. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 51 I was putting away the Tea Chest.
c1850 [Remembered in use at Cambridge].
2. A large box or chest of cubical form, lined with sheet-lead, in which tea is packed for transport: cf. chest n.1 6. Also attributive.
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tea-chest1801
1801 Hulme in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 403 Flat lead, such as lines Chinese tea-chests.
1893 F. F. Moore I forbid Banns (1899) 100 The furniture had not the appearance of being made out of flour barrels and tea-chests. There was not much of the tea-chest look about the old oak dresser.
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