tea cosy
Example Sentences
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Aviation is also under pressure to build greener planes and stop adding to what Johnson called the "carbon tea cosy" heating the planet.
From Reuters • Jul. 18, 2022
The Vogue interview describes Dench as “a kind of cultural tea cosy to be popped soothingly over the nation’s beleaguered identity in times of crisis.”
From The Guardian • May 4, 2020
Meanwhile, a knitted tea cosy, 19 tea towels, nine jigsaws and honorary ownership of a baby llama were all among the gifts sent to the Queen for her Diamond Jubilee.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2013
Appearance: WG Grace wearing a tea cosy in most representations, but blue-eyed hunk with a tightly cropped black beard in Magnificent Century.
From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2012
At one end is a coffee urn kept hot over a spirit lamp, milk is kept hot under a "tea cosy" or in a double pitcher, made like a double boiler.
From Etiquette by Post, Emily
