Oswego tea

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• oswego tea

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• Tea

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• tea

  n. – Billy-tea, or Bush-tea. Tea made in a billy (q.v.). There is a belief that in order to bringo...

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• Paraguay tea

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• Tea-saucer

  ·noun A small saucer in which a teacup is set. ...

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  A chamber pot. ...

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• tea gueland

  Ireland. Teaguelanders; Irishmen. ...

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• sweet tea

  See tea. ...

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• sweet-tea

  or Botany-Bay tea, or Australian tea. (Called also Native Sarsaparilla.See Sarsaparilla.) A plant, ...

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• tea-broom

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• tea-tree

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• sass-tea

  A decoction of sassafras. In the morning, Hoss Allen became dreadful poorly. The matron of the hous...

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• tea-waggon

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• Bonded Tea Warehouses

  See Trinity Bonded Tea Warehouses. ...

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• newman's tea gardens

  Newgate. ...

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• cape-barren tea

  n. a shrub or tree, Correaalba, Andr., N.O. Rutaceae. 1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 1...

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• quart-pot tea

  n. Explained in quotations.Cf. billy-tea. 1878. Mrs. H. Jones, `Long Years in Australia,' p. 87: ...

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• botany-bay tea

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• Trinity Bonded Tea Warehouses

  On the west side of Cooper's Row, north of Trinity House. In Aldgate Ward (O.S.). Occupy part of th...

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• post-and-rail tea

  slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...

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