"tealery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tealeries [plural]
Etymology: From teal + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|teal|ery}} teal + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} tealery (plural tealeries)
  1. An enclosure for housing teal before they are killed and eaten.

Inflected forms

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