tea shop

noun

chiefly British
: a small restaurant or café : tearoom

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Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing-a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. Patrick Jones, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2024 Dig in: The new coffee and tea shop on Fredericksburg Road in Beacon Hill doesn't have WiFi or takeout — and that's the whole point. Megan Stringer, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025 Rose is also a common ingredient in tea mixes at the grocery store or your favorite tea shop. William Truswell, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2024 Billy Corgan posted a note from his wife Chloe on Wednesday (Oct. 30) about an incident at the Smashing Pumpkins singer’s suburban Chicago tea shop in which a car crashed through the front window. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tea shop 

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

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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 11 Feb. 2025.

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