tea-drinkern.
One who drinks tea, esp.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking tea > person
tea-drinker1737
theistc1818
tea man1907
1737 London Mag. Apr. 186/1 Considering the Number of Tea Drinkers, it [sc. tea-drinking] had done a great deal more Hurt than Dram-Drinking.
1756 J. Hanway Ess. Tea v, in Jrnl. Eight Days Journey 225 The pernicious effects of tea..as it is used by the bulk of tea-drinkers.
1888 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 101/1 The quantity of theine consumed by even the most hardened tea-drinker is exceedingly minute.
Derivatives
ˈtea-ˌdrinking n. and adj. (a) n. the drinking of tea; †also, a social gathering at which tea is provided (obsolete); also attributive; (b) adj. that drinks tea.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking tea
tea-drinking1675
teaing1845
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > drinking tea
tea-drinking1675
teaing1845
the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > tea-party
school feast1708
tea1738
tea-treatc1748
tea-visit1765
tea-party1778
tea-drinking1781
thé1788
tea junketing1820
tea-night1823
tea-shine1838
tea-fight1849
tea soirée1850
muffin-worry1859
kettledrum1861
muffin-fight1876
pink tea1883
bun-worry1889
train tea1895
tea-meeting1897
bun-struggle1899
American tea1915
silver tea1921
bunfight1928
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > tea- or coffee-party
tea1738
tea-visit1765
tea-party1778
tea-drinking1781
thé1788
tea junketing1820
tea-night1823
cookie shine1830
tea-shine1838
tea-fight1849
tea soirée1850
muffin-worry1859
muffin-fight1876
coffee-party1886
kaffeeklatsch1888
bun-worry1889
train tea1895
tea-meeting1897
bun-struggle1899
silver tea1921
bunfight1928
klatsch1953
coffee morning1962
1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife ii. 27 Every raw peevish, out-of-humour'd, affected, dull, Tea-drinking, Arithmetical Fop sets up for a wit.
1737 London Mag. Apr. 183/2 (heading) Of Diet in general, and the bad Effects of Tea-drinking.
1756 J. Hanway Ess. Tea viii, in Jrnl. Eight Days Journey 243 (heading) The Prevalency of Example in Tea-drinking.
1781 A. Storer Let. 28 June in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS App. vi. 508 in Parl. Papers 1897 (C.8551) LI. i Lady Craven gave a tea-drinking last night.
1793 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 8 July (1965) 91 Walked with Mrs Cutts, etc...to Schobley Mill, a Tea-Drinking Place.
1804 M. Edgeworth Lottery i, in Pop. Tales II. 2 She learned to love gossiping, and tea-drinkings.
1813–14 T. Somerville Life & Times (1861) 280 The individuals who met at a tea-drinking party one afternoon.
1845 A. Strickland Lives Queens of England VIII. 310 Catherine of Braganza was certainly the first tea-drinking queen of England.
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