parting cup
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They drank a parting cup, then separated, while the king took Elfric's arm and led him aside.
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Some thrust out their snuff-mulls for the parting pinch, others tendered the DOCH-AN-DORRACH, or parting cup.
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott
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
Let our attendants delay awhile, till we have conferred the parting cup.
From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Sir John Francis Davis
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