| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HOUQUA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Houqua A superior quality of tea, so called from Hoque, the celebrated Hong-Kong tea merchant; died 1846. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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