Example Sentences

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The mother and girl sat at a plank bench and supped their tea from their saucerless cups.

From What's the Matter with Ireland? by Russell, Ruth

He went away, and came back, after Lemuel had given up the hope of his return, with a saucerless cup of coffee, and a slice of buttered bread laid on the top of it.

From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean

As fast as her active movements would allow her she filled and refilled the saucerless cups.

From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma