cupper
Americannoun
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cuppers
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cupper
1400–50 for an earlier sense; 1560–70 for current sense; late Middle English; see cup, -er 1
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He told me instead, with much rapidity, a good deal about her skill, and her profits; and about her being a scientific cupper, if I should ever have occasion for her service in that capacity.
From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles
I'd far rather just nip out and get a portion of steak-and-kidney pie and a nice cupper tea at an A.B.C.
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver
One cupper, George Frederick Knox, offered in addition personal instruction in cupping procedures.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Its frightful lance and cupper was upraised to strike.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry
In any case, the earliest cupping instruments were hollowed horns or gourds with a small hole at the top by which the cupper could suck out the blood from scarifications previously made by a knife.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Watching professional cuppers at work is like watching a silent ballet with tasters swirling around the table in choreographed moves.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2021
Either the claims of the inventors of improved scarificators were unjustified, or cuppers were unwilling to try novel instruments in what was becoming an old-fashioned and increasingly less popular operation.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Even the artisans do not remain at home, but go and work in the villages, even the Feldscher goes about the district with the "cuppers."
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
Professional cuppers who took pride in their skill naturally avoided such novelties.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
In that period a number of professional cuppers practiced in the cities of Europe and America.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
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