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Decorative table with three legs
Answer for the clue "Decorative table with three legs ", 6 letters:
teapoy
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A teapoy is an item of furniture. The word is of Indian origin, and was originally used to describe a three-legged table. By erroneous association with the word "tea", it is also used to describe a table with a container for tea, or a table for holding ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Teapoy \Tea"poy\, n. [Hind. tip[=a]i; Hind. tin there + Per. p[=a]e foot.] An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a small decorative table having three legs; sometimes used for holding a tea service
Usage examples of teapoy.
The early, and rare, teapoy table - so light, so plain - is worth a fortune.
At her side was a Chinese teapoy, a nest of lacquer tables, and on it stood a small, squat idol.
There was a handsome marble fireplace housing an eighteenth-century steel grate in which burned a cheerful fire, and the furniture was a pleasing partnership of comfortable armchairs, large sofas and a charming teapoy, a hanging cabinet against one wall and a chimney glass, after the style of Adam, above the fireplace.
William set the spectacles on a japanned teapoy and returned his attention to her silk-clad limb.