demitasse
Americannoun
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a small cup for serving strong black coffee after dinner.
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the coffee contained in such a cup.
noun
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a small cup used to serve coffee, esp after a meal
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the coffee itself
Etymology
Origin of demitasse
1835–45; < French: literally, half-cup
Example Sentences
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It’s not one of those $1,000 contraptions on which you push a button and wait for the coffee to stream robotically into a demitasse.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2022
Today’s Renton stash includes snakeskin cowboy boots, gold-rimmed demitasse cups, vintage Air Jordans, an etched glassybaby candle holder and a full set of antique Limoges china.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021
FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper was known to celebrate “a damn fine cup of coffee,” but what viewers have been privy to before his reappearance wouldn’t add up to a demitasse.
From Washington Times • May 16, 2017
In profile it looks like a deformed demitasse, a dainty china cup whose handle curves around and warps into a sea monster's tentacle.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2014
Afterward, Desdemona brewed Greek coffee, serving it in demitasse cups with the brown foam, the lakia, on top.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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