Definitions for teapoys

teapoys tea·poy

Spelling: [tee-poi]
IPA: /ˈti pɔɪ/

Teapoys is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in teapoys (aeopsty).

Definitions for teapoys

noun

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

Origin of teapoys

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

Examples for teapoys

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for teapoys
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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