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stirrup cup

NOUN
farewell drink
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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

Two fleet and beautiful horses were speedily provided for them, bread and fruit partaken, and Perez, ready mounted, was tasting the stirrup cup, when his friend demanded— "Is it to Segovia ye are bound?"

From The Vale of Cedars by Aguilar, Grace

To which hope Lady Glenlivet piously cried "Amen"; and Maisie turned to mix the stirrup cup, for the morning was raw and cold.

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)



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