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Definition of Tea bag

1. Noun. A measured amount of tea in a bag for an individual serving of tea.

Definition of Tea bag

1. Noun. A small porous bag, holding tea leaves or the herbal equivalent; used to brew a single cup of tea. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive slang) To protest against those favoring increasing economic power of the US federal government (as part of the Tea Party). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tea Bag

Literary usage of Tea bag

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald (1895)
"THE CENTURY COOK BOOK The tea- bag. The tea- ball. desired, using water which is kept boiling in the samovar. Water removed from the kettle and kept in a ..."

2. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1909)
"... which I was responsible, we discovered that we had no tea for this week, our sixth week out, unless we took it out of the tea-bag for the seventh week. ..."

3. Capital (1888)
"With the expanding tea bag market, TTCI hoped to raise its export of tea bags substantially in the near future, Mr. Dasgupta said. ..."

4. Energy: Light, Heat & Sound by Don Robison, Jo Ellen Moor (1998)
"2. Pour hot water in the "Hot" jar and cold water in the "Cold" jar. (This may be a job for the teacher or an adult helper.) 3. Add a tea bag to each jar. ..."

5. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port by Ludwig Leichhardt (1847)
"As our tea bag was getting very low, and as I was afraid that we should have to go a long time without this most useful article, I thought it advisable to ..."

6. The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald (1895)
"THE CENTURY COOK BOOK The tea- bag. The tea- ball. desired, using water which is kept boiling in the samovar. Water removed from the kettle and kept in a ..."

7. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1909)
"... which I was responsible, we discovered that we had no tea for this week, our sixth week out, unless we took it out of the tea-bag for the seventh week. ..."

8. Capital (1888)
"With the expanding tea bag market, TTCI hoped to raise its export of tea bags substantially in the near future, Mr. Dasgupta said. ..."

9. Energy: Light, Heat & Sound by Don Robison, Jo Ellen Moor (1998)
"2. Pour hot water in the "Hot" jar and cold water in the "Cold" jar. (This may be a job for the teacher or an adult helper.) 3. Add a tea bag to each jar. ..."

10. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port by Ludwig Leichhardt (1847)
"As our tea bag was getting very low, and as I was afraid that we should have to go a long time without this most useful article, I thought it advisable to ..."

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