demitasse
noun
a small cup for serving strong black coffee after dinner.
demitasses
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pluralof demitasse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The black water kept coming, rising, sweeping away the 1890 porcelain demitasses, the 1930 lead soldiers, those coveted ceramic Christmas trees.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2021
And after linguine alle vongole, it’s hard to consider anything other than the tiramisù, which incorporates what must be several demitasses of espresso.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
But the demitasses were hardly drained before things began to hum at the studio.
From Time Magazine Archive
We was gazin’ out of the open windows watchin’ a thunder storm meander over towards Long Island, and Tidson 18 was just servin’ the demitasses, when there’s a ring on the ’phone.
From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Sewell Ford
