Coffee-cup

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of coffee cup. alt-of, alternative

    "Cope pushed away his coffee-cup and asked the young Greek for a cut of pie."

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cupgobletmugvessel

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"We were at breakfast when the Colonel's butler rushed in with all his propriety shaken out of him. "Have you heard the news, sir?" he gasped. "At the Cunningham's sir!" "Burglary!" cried the Colonel, with his coffee-cup in mid-air. "Murder!""

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