tea leaf

See also: tealeaf and tea-leaf

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Noun

tea leaf (plural tea leaves)

  1. (usually used in the plural) A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang) A thief.

Derived terms

  • tea-leafing
  • tea-leaved

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