claret cup
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of claret cup
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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On five ten-inch records Harry Horlick's orchestra evokes a vanished world of kid gloves, claret cup and candlelight.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lunch was real elegant, too, with the oysters and the claret cup.
From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell
She is great in cheese and bitter beer, in claret cup and still champagne, but she despises the puerilities of sweets or of effervescing wines.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert
A. I did, and was much amused at finding myself drinking claret cup in the museum devoted to skeletons.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 22, 1891 by Various
The table was laid for two, and appetizing dishes of cold food, salad and fruit were spread out on the dresser and sideboard, with iced champagne and claret cup.
From Who Cares? a story of adolescence by Hamilton, Cosmo
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