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Definition of Teapoys
1. teapoy [n] - See also: teapoy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teapoys
Literary usage of Teapoys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indo-Aryans: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and by Raja Rājendralāla Mitra (1881)
"teapoys. carved into a series of balls fixed upon each other, or formed into a
twisted flute, and the tops carved in various designs. Woodcut No. ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by RUDYARD. KIPLING (1899)
"They're like the teapoys in the Lakka Bazar— good material but not polished.
They can't help themselves, poor dears. A Civilian only begins to be tolerable ..."
3. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1872)
"This room was handsomely furnished, with ebony chairs, tables, sideboard, stools,
and teapoys, inlaid with mother-of-pearl or the landscape marble. ..."
4. Annual Register (1800)
"Government grew daily more and more weak, divided, and perplexed. The contrails
were ill performed, the teapoys ..."
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