tea kitchen

English

Noun

tea kitchen (plural tea kitchens)

  1. (dated) A tea-urn.
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
      Through half-opened hall doors you might see the powdered servant, or the sprightly maid in her mob-cap in hot haste steaming away with the red japanned 'tea kitchen' into the parlour. The town of Chapelizod, in short, was just sitting down to its breakfast.
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