feeding cup
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of feeding cup
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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An ordinary tumbler can be used by a patient lying down if it is not more than a quarter full, or a special feeding cup may be purchased.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
Her feeding cup and rubbing her mouth with the spoon.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
A person lying flat down in bed cannot, of course, drink from a glass or cup, and a feeding cup is apt, by pouring too freely, to cause choking.
From Making Good on Private Duty by Lounsbery, Harriet Camp
He had lost much blood from the divided brachial artery, and was very thirsty, and soon drained the fill of a feeding cup of water, in spite of the state of his mouth.
From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by Davidson, George
Do you put rusks in a feeding cup?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 14, 1914 by Various
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