tea trolleyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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tea trolley (plural tea trolleys or tea trollies)

1. (especially Commonwealth) A table on wheels used to take food or drinks from the kitchen to the dining-room, or throughout a workplace for tea break.

   Synonyms: tea cart, tea wagon

   • 2001 May 12, Robert Potts, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     About this, he is, as ever, humorous and self-deprecating, attributing his employment to the fact that the tea trolley arrived during his interview and “I'd been so well brought-up that I just naturally leaned over and said, ‘Would anyone like a cup of tea?’. […] ”

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