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teapoys

teapoys is the plural of teapoy.

Meaning of teapoy

Noun

teapoy (plural teapoys)

  1. Originally, a three-legged decorative stand or table; now, especially, one with recesses for holding tea caddies and/or a tea service.
    • “They're like the teapoys in the Lakka Bazar — good material but not polished.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 15

Questions about teapoys

What is teapoys the plural of?
Teapoys is the plural of teapoy.

Words near teapoys in the dictionary

  1. teapotism
  2. teapotlike
  3. teapots
  4. teapotsful
  5. teapoy
  6. teapoys
  7. tear
  8. tear a cat
  9. tear a strip off someone
  10. tear along
  11. tear and ages

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