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whitecup

American  
[hwahyt-kuhp, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌkʌp, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

  1. a creeping South American plant, Nierembergia repens, of the nightshade family, having bell-shaped, lilac- or blue-tinged, cream-white flowers.

Etymology

Origin of whitecup

white + cup

Example Sentences

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This trapper was no other than the far famed Joe Whitecup.

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Here Whitecup taught me more than I had ever dreamed about catching mink.

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Here I parted company with Whitecup after getting him roaring full hoping he would squeal what bait he used—but he was tight as a tick and mum as a toad.

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And this Same Henry Grey was great a mixer of Compounds; Joe Whitecup schooled me in Mink except his bait.

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