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cuppa

[ kuhp-uh ]
/ ˈkʌp ə /
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noun British Informal.
a cup of tea.
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Origin of cuppa

1920–25; reduced form of cup of (tea)

Words nearby cuppa

Cupid's-dart, cup of Elijah, cup of tea, cupola, cupolated, cuppa, cupped, cupper, cupping, cupping glass, cup plant
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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|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
British informal a cup of tea
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