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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who deals in or buys and sells tea; a merchant who sells tea.

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Examples

  • We suggest the quotation to some enterprising tea-dealer to be used in a street-car advertisement.

    The Little Tea Book Arthur Gray

  • Norwich, and carried on the business of a tea-dealer.

    Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

  • I was to depart early, that the conveyance which took me, (a gig, hired from Mr Smith, the draper, grocer, and tea-dealer of the village) might return the same day.

    Agnes Grey 1931

  • (Scotland), on March 19, 1813, the son of a small tea-dealer.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

  • The first human being to set eyes upon a living _Haploteuthis_ -- the first human being to survive, that is, for there can be little doubt now that the wave of bathing fatalities and boating accidents that travelled along the coast of Cornwall and Devon in early May was due to this cause -- was a retired tea-dealer of the name of Fison, who was stopping at

    The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories 1906

  • Neil, the father of David, who eventually became a tea-dealer, and spent his life at Blantyre and Hamilton.

    The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880

  • A general and permanent improvement in all trades would result, except possibly in those of the tea-dealer and brewer -- but I do not think they would lose.

    Speculations from Political Economy C. B. Clarke 1869

  • Only one son remained at home, Neil, the father of David, who eventually became a tea-dealer, and spent his life at Blantyre and Hamilton.

    The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie 1859

  • A few articles of stationery were sometimes kept by the druggist, who was also the tea-dealer and grocer of the place.

    Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

  • Order for immediate delivery two or three pounds of tea, and the tea-dealer would be wretched.

    The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844

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