Definitions
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- noun a device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea
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Examples
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Recently I've been ordering Yerba Mate tea online in 1/2 and 1-kilo bags: I've got a Japanese-style tea-strainer (rather than the traditional yerba mate bombadillo (?)/straw-thing) and a coffee mug, and drink tea on and off throughout the day.
Beat Caffeine Addiction, Then Stay Awake With Placebos | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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You could use a tea-strainer to remove the bits of sage leaf.
Lauds e 2009
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After I gave up on finding the part that the bandsaw flung across the room, I got a new tea-strainer spoon to dismantle.
The Best Dressed Award maryrobinette 2008
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Strain milk mixture through a tea-strainer into a measuring cup, pressing the teabags with the back of a spoon.
Archive 2008-05-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008
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Strain milk mixture through a tea-strainer into a measuring cup, pressing the teabags with the back of a spoon.
CHAI BROWNIES WITH GINGER GELATO Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008
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Fill the crater of the cake with the whipped cream, easing it out gently towards the edges of the cake, and dust the top lightly with cocoa powder pushed through a tea-strainer.
Archive 2005-09-01 Niki 2005
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Fill the crater of the cake with the whipped cream, easing it out gently towards the edges of the cake, and dust the top lightly with cocoa powder pushed through a tea-strainer.
Supremely Decadent Chocolate Cloud Cake Niki 2005
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"So clever, the way you trapped that last one with the tea-strainer -"
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999
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Smiley was amused by the immaculate condition of the tray cloth, by the matching china and tea-strainer, laid before them by the enormous hands of the cadet.
A Murder of Quality Le Carre, John, 1931- 1962
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He raised his Athenian eyebrows, and she realized what a mistake she had made in not bringing the lethal tea-strainer along.
Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918
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