Meaning & use
Teapoy
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A small, often ornate three-legged table, originally designed to hold a tea caddy or tea service.
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An antique teapoy stood in the corner of the parlor, its lid still hiding a set of tea canisters.
She set the china cups down carefully on the polished teapoy.
A note on using this word
Despite sounding related to 'tea,' the word actually comes from Hindi 'tipai,' meaning a three-legged stand; its association with tea is a later folk connection reinforced in English.
Words with a similar meaning
side table
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