tea trolley

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tea trolley

noun tea trolleys · tea trollies

Commonwealth, especially A table on wheels used to take food or drinks from the kitchen to the dining-room, or throughout a workplace for tea break. 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?’.[…]”
Similar: tea cart, tea wagon

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@misc{tea_trolley_2026,
  title = {tea trolley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tea%20trolley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}