stirrup cup
farewell drink, especially one offered to a rider already mounted for departure.
an ornamental cup or bowl for such a drink.
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How to use stirrup cup in a sentence
The landlord proffered a stirrup-cup to the elder guest, while the landlady offered Peveril a glass from her own peculiar bottle.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottEat every bit of this slice of ham, and let us drink a stirrup cup, for the horses are getting impatient.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales | Emile Erckmann and Alexandre ChatrianAnd then the derision at home, the half-drunk stirrup-cup of coffee standing tepid and forlorn.
I'll give you a glass of fresh buttermilk to speed you on your way; a stirrup cup, we'll call it.
The Iron Furrow | George C. SheddSuddenly the chorus of a refrain floated to his ears from the guard house—it was "The stirrup cup."
Bulldog Carney | W. A. Fraser
British Dictionary definitions for stirrup cup
a cup containing an alcoholic drink offered to a horseman ready to ride away
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