Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is addicted to the immoderate use of tea; a tea-drunkard.
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Examples
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They do not want to have their troubles made public.
Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984
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The charge which onr great Mafter hath given ns, is exprefled in theic words: Occupy till I cnu.
Sermons on Practical Subjects Robert Walker, Hugh Blair 1796
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In the midft of this Dif - mal theic is a lake about leven miles long, called Drummond's pond.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. cn 1796
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They might then be inform - ed briefly of the ufes and ends of the pafUons, and theic proper conduct.
The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for ... 1794
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And now for my felfe, I am come vnto thee, hauing deoeiaed theic men ofarmes here, bearing them downe that I was Brutus: and doe not refufe to fufier any torment thou wilt put me to.
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... 1793
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Amono - theic were two officers of r; nk, whofe heads, grown grey with age and long fervicc, they were going to fever from their bodies.
A letter to a friend, on the late revolution in France Eyre, Francis, d. 1804 1791
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In a city like Valencia we naturally ex - pedt to fee many convents: they are indeed numerous, being no fewer than forty-four, nearly divided between the monks and nuns. mm, Iklidc theic, we liJid ten churches, bcloiiging to congregations, collegeii, and holpituls.
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Yet not the Roman Itecl theic naked breail difmay'd.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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As the truth is generally found to be fumewhere about in th« niddle between two oppofiie extremes, we think ihofe in grneril approach, neareA to it, who checking the impetuofiry of theic Wifhes, and doubtful of the force of reafoning unaided by ex - pcrinientil i £ts, prorie-d with a cautious difE'. cnce in ihtir rr -
The Monthly Review 1789
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Camels, trained to make - theic way through low paiTapes, iii.
Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture: ... In Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East ... 1787
bestiary commented on the word theic
a tea addict. (ca. 1886)
July 24, 2008