loving cup

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noun

a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.

a wine cup, usually of large size with several handles, passed from one person to another, as at a farewell gathering.

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Origin of loving cup

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby loving cup

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How to use loving cup in a sentence

The bride-cup was the bowl or loving-cup in which the bridegroom pledged the bride, and she him.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Even at the present day, the loving-cup and decanters are handed to the right around the social board.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
Better than this to have a foolish spendthrift blaze and the loving cup going round.
Robert Louis Stevenson|Walter Raleigh
Silver loving cup for greatest originality of conception also goes to Miss Merriam and Mr. Lee, read the herald.
Winona of the Camp Fire|Margaret Widdemer

And forthwith the loving-cup—several of them, indeed, on each side of the tables—came slowly down with all the antique ceremony.
Our Old Home, Vol. 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne

British Dictionary definitions for loving cup

loving cup

noun

a large vessel, usually two-handled, out of which people drink in turn at a banquet

a similar cup awarded to the winner of a competition

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