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Idiom

tea leaf

SlangCockney rhyming slang

Meaning

thief

Examples

“Watch your wallet, there is a tea leaf around here.”

“The shopkeeper chased the tea leaf down the street after seeing him grab a bag of apples.”

“Security guards apprehended the notorious tea leaf just as he attempted to exit the department store with stolen goods.”

Examples

simple

“Watch your wallet, there is a tea leaf around here.”

contextual

“The shopkeeper chased the tea leaf down the street after seeing him grab a bag of apples.”

complex

“Security guards apprehended the notorious tea leaf just as he attempted to exit the department store with stolen goods.”

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