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Word: deodar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...foggy afternoon 100 years ago last week a horse cart rattled from the murky London docks to Mincing Lane with eight deodar chests containing 350 Ibs. of tea. This was the first consignment of tea grown in the British Empire and Auctioneer William J. Thomson knocked it down at a record price of 25 shillings a pound to a patriotic Captain Pidding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Tea Threats | 1/23/1939 | See Source »

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