stirrup cup
Americannoun
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farewell drink, especially one offered to a rider already mounted for departure.
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an ornamental cup or bowl for such a drink.
noun
Etymology
Origin of stirrup cup
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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The episode begins as Danny totters up to the stirrup cup.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seemed a storm in a stirrup cup.
From Time Magazine Archive
But my favorite was a stirrup cup molded in the shape of a wolf’s head and shoulders, with the head lifted and the mouth pulled into an O for a long howl.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
Its owner came in for a stirrup cup; Mitchell was with him.
From The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary by Warner, Anne
"Perhaps you'll have one more little glass for a stirrup cup?" the nearly blind Isaiah Savvich thrusts himself over the table.
From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert
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