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shot glass

American  

noun

shot glasses plural
  1. a small, heavy glass for serving a shot of whiskey or liquor.


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She asked her friends how they felt “about taking a little shot glass of Kris into the sea” with them, which everyone wanted to do.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2024

If dinner hasn’t given you enough Ramsay, maybe a shot glass, cookbook or tote bag is in order.

From Washington Post Feb. 17, 2023

Then you pour a shot of sake into a sake cup or shot glass and balance it on the two chopsticks like a wee hat.

From Seattle Times Dec. 29, 2021

The famous owner of the establishment in Nashville — Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk and Rock ’n’ Roll Steakhouse — publicly forgave Wallen for smashing a shot glass.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2021

The A-4 judge poured the contents of the twenty-four bottles into a shot glass, and it did not overflow.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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