theic

plural theics

1. One who drinks excessive amounts of tea.

   The price at which the average consumer will react adversely is not yet known, and it would be folly to judge by the conduct of the British theics.

   1958, Baditha Srinivasa Rao, Surveys of Indian industries, volume 2, page 111

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   Wine and spirits topped the drink list, with tea a close second. Bairnsdale's contribution — as wine-bibbers, whisky-tipplers, or theics — to these enlightening statistics is not known.

   1977, Hal Porter, Bairnsdale: Portrait of an Australian Country Town, page 173