cup tie

How to use cup tie in a sentence

• I looked at the dog football match with the interest of a Sheffield puddler at a Cup-tie, and clapped my hands.

  Simon the Jester | William J. Locke

• It was a marvellous sight, but no cheerier crowd of medical students ever left the doors of a hospital for a Cup-tie.

  A Surgeon in Belgium | Henry Sessions Souttar

• In the first final cup tie Mr. Raeburn was one of the half-backs, and played up with great dash and pluck.

  Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches | David Drummond Bone

• In the cup tie which is now under notice he made some very fine runs, and did much to make a name for the old Clydesdale.

  Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches | David Drummond Bone

• Scarcely anyone was dancing, but the walls were well lined, and the crush about the doors suggestive of a cup tie.

  The Sins of Sverac Bablon | Sax Rohmer