stirrup cup
Example Sentences
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It seemed a storm in a stirrup cup.
From Time Magazine Archive
The episode begins as Danny totters up to the 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
That very night, as Chu was taking a stirrup cup before going to bed, the ghost of the awful judge came to the door and entered.
From Books and Bookmen by Lang, Andrew
“Come out quickly, while thy father is having the stirrup cup, and I’ll ask him about Thalia.”
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
