tea bag

noun

a container of thin paper or cloth holding a measured amount of tea leaves for making an individual serving of tea.

tea-bag

[ tee-bag ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Slang.

, tea-bagged, tea-bag·ging.

tea bag

a small bag of paper or cloth containing tea leaves, infused in boiling water to make tea

Origin of tea bag¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Origin of tea bag²

From its resemblance to dipping a tea bag in a cup of hot water

But it looks like Graham may have dodged a tea bag this time around.

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If a crooked knife, a tea bag, or anything that is in the heap is needed, everything is tumbled about until it is found.

That's the tea-bag, and that's the sugar-bag, and that's the flour-bag.

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