Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The leaf of the tea-plant.
- noun plural Tea that has been soaked or infused.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
tea leaf .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also, in this slime occurred at intervals a water-soaked tea-leaf or coffee-ground, and there were in it fragments of earth and litter.
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"It could be a combination of an earnings play and flat-out tea-leaf reading," said David Gompert , senior market analyst at TradeMonster.
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The jury's lengthy deliberations led to a lot of handwringing by the prosecutors as the days wore on and to tea-leaf reading by spectators, who tried to read the body language of the jurors for signs of how they were leaning in their deliberations.
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There is no true legal analysis that we can do, merely tea-leaf reading to attempt a vote-count.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drawing Lines in the Commerce Clause Debate on Health Care Reform
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Moving Brands devised a mark that evoked a tea strainer and used black, white and silver for everything from packaging to stationery, setting up a contrast with rivals who used tea-leaf images and brown-and-green graphics.
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The tea-leaf reading took a darker turn on the seventh day, when the jurors were told to begin their deliberations anew, after one juror stepped down.
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The New Jersey governor will give presidential tea-leaf readers another chance to speculate about his intentions when he delivers a speech next Tuesday at the Reagan Presidential library in Simi Valley, Calif.
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Anyway the whole idea around trying tea-leaf read American political views from the perceived lacklustre performance of any 1 movie is deeply stupid.
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And to make matters worse, in 2011 Pluto and Uranus will be at odds with each other, which tea-leaf readers believe spells more bad news, especially for next summer.
Cheryl Wills: Immobilized Economy? It's the Astrology, Stupid!
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But she has said she likely won't announce her plans until later in September, ensuring one more month of tea-leaf reading — and teasing — in a year filled with it.
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