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tea tray (plural tea trays)
- A tray for holding a tea service.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 145:Jingling in with the tea-tray, she absolutely trod on him. And exclaimed indignantly, "Jasper, you wicked dog, you nearly upset me."