tea shop

noun

chiefly British
: a small restaurant or café : tearoom

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Billy Corgan’s mother-in-law was injured after a car drove into the singer’s tea shop near Chicago. Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024 Billy Corgan's wife Chloe Mendel Corgan is sharing an update after a car crashed into the couple's tea shop. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Around the time of the First World War, Coxon operated a tea shop staffed by servers in navy blazers and long cotton pants. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 26 July 2024 The Ximen neighborhood’s Red House has a long biography, having been a commercial building, a theater for Peking opera, and a tea shop, among many other past lives. Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for tea shop 

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tea shop was in 1851

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“Tea shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tea%20shop. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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