Caddy

Definition of caddy:

part of speech: noun

A small box for tea.

part of speech: noun

A small box for holding tea.

part of speech: noun

A small box for keeping tea.

Usage examples for caddy:

• " The tea is in that little brown caddy said Mrs. Church, " and there's a measuring spoon close to it. "The Rebel of the School", Mrs. L. T. Meade.

• Caddy came from the Turveydrop dancing school early and late, and little Miss Flite walked the twenty miles from London in thin shoes to inquire for her. "Tales from Dickens", Charles Dickens and Hallie Erminie Rives.

• The casket was of filigree silver, about the size of a small tea- caddy of oblong shape, and rounded at the top. "The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes", Tomás de Comyn Fedor Jagor Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow Charles Wilkes.

• Diana seated herself at the table, and made tea with the contents of a little mahogany caddy "Charlotte's Inheritance", M. E. Braddon.