coffee-cup

A form of coffee cup — A cup, typically a small one, in which coffee can be served.

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Meanings

nouncoffee-cup (plural coffee-cups)

plural coffee-cups

  1. alternativeAlternative form of coffee cup.

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

    1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Amidst Cross-Purposes”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 110
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APA

coffee-cup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee-cup

MLA

“coffee-cup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee-cup. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coffee-cup,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee-cup.

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