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coffee cup

British  

noun

  1. a cup from which coffee may be drunk, usually smaller than a teacup

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And, Crowe says, he still uses the first coffee cup he created.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

“I would walk around with that coffee cup as if it was a gold medal. I made it out of the house. Every one of these kids has shoes on. Nobody’s dead.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

"When he saw it, Max nearly dropped his coffee cup," Prof. Archer says.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

“Just this,” he said, tearing up as he held up a blue plastic coffee cup, half empty.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

I handed her this oversized coffee cup I gave her for her last birthday.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

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