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tea shades

tea shades noun: tinted eyeglasses (spectacles) with circular lenses.

tea shades: tinted eyeglasses (spectacles) with circular lenses
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Noun

tea shades pl (plural only, attributive tea-shade or tea shade)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Tinted eyeglasses (spectacles) with circular lenses.
    • Indeed: KNOW YOUR DOPE FIEND. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! You will not be able to see his eyes because of Tea-Shades, but his knuckles will be white from inner tension and his pants will be crusted with semen from constantly jacking off when he can’t find a rape victim.1982, Thompson, Hunter S, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas : a savage journey to the heart of the American dream

Forms of tea shades

attributivetea-shade
attributivetea shade
alternative formteashades

Origin of tea shades

For their use in the beat culture to hide redness of the eyes caused by Marijuana use, known at the time by the slang term "tea".

Questions about tea shades

What does tea shades mean?
Tea shades means tinted eyeglasses (spectacles) with circular lenses.
What part of speech is tea shades?
Tea shades is a noun.

Words near tea shades in the dictionary

  1. tea service
  2. tea services
  3. tea set
  4. tea sets
  5. tea shade
  6. tea shades
  7. tea shop
  8. tea shops
  9. tea shrub
  10. tea shrubs
  11. tea stick

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