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English
Noun
tea-caddy (plural tea-caddies)
- Alternative form of tea caddy.
1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Which Contains the Substance of a Pleasant Conversation Between Mr. Bumble and a Lady; and Shows That Even a Beadle May Be Susceptible on Some Points”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 50:Mrs. Corney shook her he ad[ ]mournfully, as if deploring the mental blindness of those paupers who did not know it, and, thrusting a silver spoon (private property) into the inmost recesses of a two-ounce tin tea-caddy, proceeded to make the tea.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Old Piano”, in Vanity Fair , London: Bradbury and Evans , published 1848, →OCLC, page 536:After-life proved the truth of this melancholy prophecy: and Mrs Clapp revenged herself for the deterioration of mankind by levying the most savage contributions upon the tea-caddies and legs of mutton of her locataires.
1864, J Sheridan Le Fanu, ““Jenny, Put the Kettle On.””, in Wylder’s Hand. , New York, N.Y.: Carleton, , published 1865, →OCLC, pages 88–89:And the young lady, with a laugh, sat down, looking so pleased, and good-natured, and merry, that even old Tamar was fain to smile a glimmering smile; and little Margery actively brought the tea-caddy; and the kettle being in a skittish, singing state, quickly went off in a boil, and Tamar actually made tea in her brown tea-pot.
1983, Geoffrey Godden, editor, Staffordshire Porcelain, page 70:Thus we find that many of the teasets, in particular the gilded ones, had a tea-caddy (Plate 99) and a spoon-tray (Plate 106).