Crossword clues for tea leaf
tea leaf
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context usually used in the plural English) A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea. 2 (context Cockney rhyming slang English) A thief. n. 1 (context usually used in the plural English) A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea. 2 (context Cockney rhyming slang English) A thief.
WordNet
n. dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor" [syn: tea]
Usage examples of "tea leaf".
We switched Bob Makins from grocery when one of the staff at hardware was on holiday, and he spotted the tea leaf in no time.
At last, he turned to the counter, reached for a cup, measuring out the macha, the finely cut green tea leaf.
On the side of the part of the dish that remained, he saw a tea leaf.