tea-pot

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He gave her a silver tea-pot; and being asked to dinner now and then on Sunday was all the attention he required.

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  1. Cadogan tea-pot a tea-pot copied from an old Chinese and Japanese model, said to have been introduced into England by the Hon. Mrs. Cadogan, and extensively reproduced at Swinton in the latter part of the eighteenth century. It is almost egg-shape, somewhat flattened at the sides, having a closed top and no lid. A spiral tube passes through an opening at the base and extends to within half an inch of the top. The pot could be filled only by inverting it, and when reversed the contents could be emptied only through the spout.
  2. Tea-pot tail the tail of a setter when carried in a drooping manner like that of a collie: probably so styled as suggesting the handle of a tea-pot.
  3. A vessel in which tea is made, or from which it is poured into tea-cups.
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