cuppa

[ kuhp-uh ]

nounBritish Informal.
  1. a cup of tea.

Origin of cuppa

1
1920–25; reduced form of cup of (tea)

Words Nearby cuppa

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How to use cuppa in a sentence

  • New GOP primary challengers are looking to serve their Tea Party challengers a scalding hot cuppa change.

    Tea Party Eats Their Own | David Freedlander | March 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Skip volunteered his aid—suggested "A nor'nge, ham 'n'eggs, a plate o' wheats, anna cuppa corfee."

    We Can't Have Everything | Rupert Hughes
  • I'd try a soup, a mutton sandwich, and a cuppa cawfee for eight cents, if I was you.

    Winnie Childs | C. N. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for cuppa

cuppa

cupper

/ (ˈkʌpə) /


noun
  1. British informal a cup of tea

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