double cup
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They set him down in a swoon and then went to fetch the double cup.
From The Iliad by Homer
By and by Margaret came back, carrying the pouch opened like a double cup.
From Northwest! by Bindloss, Harold
With these words he placed the double cup in the hands of Telemachus, while Megapenthes brought the beautiful mixing bowl and set it before him.
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Butler, Samuel
He himself took therefrom a double cup, and bade his son bear a mixing-bowl of silver; as for Helen, she took from her chests a robe that she had wrought with her own hands.
From The Story of the Odyssey by Homer
On this they took every man his double cup, made their drink-offerings, and went back to the ships, Ulysses leading the way.
From The Iliad by Homer
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