Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chiefly British A luncheonette or small restaurant.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
tea shop .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
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Examples
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A teashop is a community gathering place, which naturally lends itself to lots of stories.
Archive 2009-04-01 Tarie 2009
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A teashop is a community gathering place, which naturally lends itself to lots of stories.
Author Interview: Laura Schaefer Tarie 2009
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I thought in this instance - the teashop was the ball - in a discussion about his (alleged) corruption surely one should be allowed to offer an opinion.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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“There is still room to change at the small scale,” said an AIDS activist, sipping juice in a teashop.
Global Voices in English » Myanmar: New policy requires HIV groups to register 2009
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And it is little wonder why a small teashop in Surrey, England, even when faced with potential financial ruin, would not back down from a much larger German multinational.
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This Soho newcomer to the tea scene is more of a museum than a teashop.
Fancy A Cup Of Tea? Here Are Some Great Places For Tea In NYC The Huffington Post 2011
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This Soho newcomer to the tea scene is more of a museum than a teashop.
Fancy A Cup Of Tea? Here Are Some Great Places For Tea In NYC The Huffington Post 2011
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It extends from Cath Kidston stores to the Persephone Press's beautiful new editions of novels by neglected women writers, and you can literally eat and drink it in the small revival of the teashop.
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There was an ancient cottage smothered in yellow roses where homemade lemonade and scones magically appeared at our table; tearooms at the back of farm shops piled high with local delicacies; cafes in the quiet back streets of somnolent towns; a National Trust teashop at a lovely red-brick Georgian mansion and the largest monastic ruins in Britain (take a bow, Beningbrough Hall and Fountains Abbey); and no end of rustic pubs.
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As it happened, almost every time we crossed a bridge – and there was always another river to cross – a teashop or pub tempted us.
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