parting cup
Example Sentences
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The saké cup was offered, and they partook of it as they hummed, "In our parting cup, the tears of sadness fall."
From Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan by Epiphanius Wilson
The "parting cup" of tea we took at Dr. Hepburn's, and from his windows had a full view of Fusiyama, that 421 looked out upon us once more in all his glory.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Long before the dawn of early morning that jovial party drank a parting cup of cold tea, and, dispersing to their several homes, left the field in possession of the village curs.
From The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains by Archibald Webb
Some thrust out their snuff-mulls for the parting pinch—others tendered the doch-an-dorrach, or parting cup.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 by Various
At half-past seven, after a parting cup with the Sieur Champeaux, whither they returned to re-saddle their horses, they set off again in the direction of Melun.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
