Sneak-cup

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is deemed to not drink their share during communal drinking sessions. obsolete

    "How! the prince is a Jack, a sneak-cup: 'sblood, an / he were here, I would cudgel him like a dog, if he / would say so."

Example

More examples

"How! the prince is a Jack, a sneak-cup: 'sblood, an / he were here, I would cudgel him like a dog, if he / would say so."

Etymology

From sneak + cup.

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