shot glass
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With his bare hands, he secures its head and puts its jaws over a shot glass covered in cling film.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
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
Someone opens a third- story window and throws out a shot glass, and off it goes spinning, over and over, down toward the rue Vauborel, and out of sight.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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