tea-caddy

plural tea-caddies

1. alternativeAlternative form of tea caddy.

   Thus we find that many of the teasets, in particular the gilded ones, had a tea-caddy (Plate 99) and a spoon-tray (Plate 106).

   1983, Geoffrey Godden, editor, Staffordshire Porcelain, page 70

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   Mrs. Corney shook her he ad[ ]mournfully,^([sic]) as if deploring the mental blindness of those paupers who did not know it, and, thrusting a silver spoon (private property) into the inmost recesses of a two-ounce tin tea-caddy, proceeded to make the tea.

   1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Which Contains the Substance of a Pleasant Conversation Between Mr. Bumble and a Lady; and Shows That Even a Beadle May Be Susceptible on Some Points”, in Oliver Twist; […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 50

   After-life proved the truth of this melancholy prophecy: and Mrs Clapp revenged herself for the deterioration of mankind by levying the most savage contributions upon the tea-caddies and legs of mutton of her locataires.

   1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 536

   And the young lady, with a laugh, sat down, looking so pleased, and good-natured, and merry, that even old Tamar was fain to smile a glimmering smile; and little Margery actively brought the tea-caddy; and the kettle being in a skittish, singing state, quickly went off in a boil, and Tamar actually made tea in her brown tea-pot.

   1864, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, ““Jenny, Put the Kettle On.””, in Wylder’s Hand. […], New York, N.Y.: Carleton, […], published 1865, →OCLC, pages 88–89