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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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He twisted a napkin, tossed it into the pile of twisted napkins next to his coffee cup.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

The first item he created was a coffee cup.

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

“Do you have a lot of visitors around here?” she asked when the girl had filled the coffee cup and gone back to lounge against the shelves.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

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