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

Tide that comes flooding up, Fill me a stirrup cup, Pledge me a parting sup, Now I go free.

From The Two Twilights by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Rachel brought the stirrup cup, and the household assembled to cheer the travellers as they rode away.

From Tom Tufton's Travels by Everett-Green, Evelyn