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
I'll give you a glass of fresh buttermilk to speed you on your way; a stirrup cup, we'll call it.
From The Iron Furrow by Henry A. Botkin
Rachel brought the stirrup cup, and the household assembled to cheer the travellers as they rode away.
From Tom Tufton's Travels by Evelyn Everett-Green
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