Definitions for teapoy

teapoy tea·poy

Spelling: [tee-poi]
IPA: /ˈti pɔɪ/

Teapoy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in teapoy (aeopty).

Definitions for teapoy

noun

  1. a small three-legged table or stand.
  2. a small table for use in serving tea.

Origin of teapoy

1820-30; Hindi tīpāi, alteration (with t- from tir- three Sanskrit tri) of Persian si-pāya three-legged stand

Examples for teapoy

The fact that I had to resort to the teapoy illustrates the unreliability of mechanical transport in the wilds.

William Jaquith went to a certain corner and brought out a teapoy of violet wood, which he set down at the old lady's elbow.

I had none so the teapoy capita fished out a big red bandanna handkerchief, which he tied to a stick.

I had never ridden in a teapoy before and now I began a continuous trip in one which lasted eight hours.

After we had thus been seated for about five minutes there was a rap on the leg of the teapoy.

Then the hypnotist asked us to remove our hands from the top of the teapoy.

The "teapoy boy," as he is called, is as much a part of the African scheme of life as a driver or a chauffeur is in America.

Finally, at three o'clock Moody gave up and said, "We'll have to make the rest of this trip in a teapoy."

With the crimson banner flying and the teapoy carriers singing and playing rude native instruments, we started off at a trot.

The black personnel was thirty porters and a picked squad of thirty-five teapoy boys to carry Moody and myself.

Word Value for teapoy
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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