cuppa

American

[kuhp-uh] / ˈkʌp ə /

noun

British Informal.

a cup of tea.

cuppa British

/ ˈkʌpə /

noun

informal a cup of tea

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Etymology

Origin of cuppa

1920–25; reduced form of cup of ( tea )

Example Sentences

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In a British Slate Plus segment: An American professor says to put salt in our tea; Felix cries foul and explains how to make a proper English cuppa.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024

I leaned on the hot drink my first morning after I resolved to abide by the Breitenbush credo and forswear my daily cuppa.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

A thoroughly British storm in a teacup is coming to the boil after a leading brand said it has devised a tea bag it claims can brew the perfect cuppa in 60 seconds.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

But the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, did find some downsides to a daily cuppa.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

“Put the kettle on and pour me another cuppa, sweetheart?”

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

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