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tea-table (iou)



tea-table noun & verb. L17.
[from TEA noun + TABLE noun.]
A. noun.
A table on which tea is served, or on which tea-things are laid for a meal; a table laid for tea; a tea-table as the place of a social gathering for tea and conversation. L17.
attrib.: H. Spencer While ghost-stories..enliven tea-table conversation.
b. This as a special piece of furniture, usually small and of a light and elegant make. E18.
transf. The company assembled at tea. E18.
E. K. Kane Explaining to the tea-table this evening's outfit.
b. verb trans. In literature, treat a dramatic event in a trivial or cosily domestic way. M20.