cupper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cupper
1400–50 for an earlier sense; 1560–70 for current sense; late Middle English; see cup, -er 1
Example Sentences
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One cupper, George Frederick Knox, offered in addition personal instruction in cupping procedures.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
One is a cupper, the other a sorcerer.
From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.
Her daughter Evalina married Dr. Joseph Ferguson who, prior to 1861, lived in Richmond, Virginia, uniting the three occupations of leecher, cupper and barber.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
Both Guy’s and Westminster Hospitals in London employed a professional cupper to aid physicians and surgeons.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
The feature of inserting a pinion with clean and sharp blades permitted the cupper to own only two scarificators.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
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