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Stirrup cup   /stˈərəp kəp/   Listen
Stirrup cup

noun
1.
A farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic.





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"Stirrup cup" Quotes from Famous Books



... going off without breaking their fast or taking a stirrup cup, like discourteous rogues as they be," said Margaret, in no ...
— Grisly Grisell • Charlotte M. Yonge
... dodge. Take a stirrup cup anyway, and come back in time for a merry-go-rounder when you've disposed of the ladies," answered the young host, diving into the wine ...
— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott
... would be quicker to consent—that is to say, to ride into Shallop and cut across the country to Shorne Mills, yielded; the horses were brought round, and after Sir William had disposed of a tankard of ale, by way of a good, old-fashioned stirrup cup, the two ...
— Nell, of Shorne Mills - or, One Heart's Burden • Charles Garvice


Words linked to "Stirrup cup" :   drink


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