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
Beaumont held a neglected stirrup cup, and laughed as he drained it himself.
From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)
She put further sweetness and body into the stirrup cup by stirring honey and barley meal into it.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton
