Definition of "tea-house" [tea-house]

• A house of entertainment in China and Japan, where tea and other light refreshments are served. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It was a purple passage, just as Victor's wrecking of the tea-house in the Bonin"
• "He dropped his dusty and threadbare knapsack at the tea-house and with her in hand started the climb at 7000 feet."
• "As dead, which every tea-house in Peshawar knows, he is very interesting politically."