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What (who) is tea caddy - definition


tea caddy         
(tea caddies)
A tea caddy is a small tin in which you keep tea. (mainly BRIT)
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Tea caddy         
A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other receptacle used to store tea. When first introduced to Europe from Asia, tea was extremely expensive, and kept under lock and key.
Caddy (hardware)         
  • A CD-ROM in a jewel case, a type of caddy
  • Two Compact Disc caddies
  • A [[Macintosh Quadra 660AV]] with a caddy-based CD drive.
PLASTIC TRAY OR OTHER MECHANISM FOR HOLDING, SECURING, AND TRANSPORTING AN OPTICAL DISC, USED HISTORICALLY FOR CDS AND FOR DVD-RAM
CD caddy; Caddy based; Caddyless; Caddy load; Caddy drive; HDD caddy; Drive caddy
In computer hardware, a caddy refers to a container used to hold some medium, such as a CD-ROM. If the medium is a hard disk drive, the caddy is also referred to as a disk enclosure.

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Tea caddy
A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other receptacle used to store tea. When first introduced to Europe from Asia, tea was extremely expensive, and kept under lock and key.
Examples of use of tea caddy
1. We need,‘ he said, sitting by the West Lake where it all began, ‘to find a way of going back to the spirit when the whole act of drinking tea was a ritual based on the elaborate arrangement of utensils.‘ He set some of these out between us: ‘You listened to the water boiling, you opened your tea caddy, you spooned the tea into your China pot, you added the water at the perfect temperature, and so on.