paper cup

plural paper cups

1. A disposable cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper.

   Messy trains are horrible, but you can sort of understand passengers leaving their sandwich wrappers and paper cups if there is nowhere to dispose of them.

   2023 April 5, Pip Dunn, “'196s' giving commuters a smoother ride”, in RAIL, number 980, page 55

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   A rather interesting and notable convenience, however, is that of ice water bags, which are hung on to the outside of the coaches at certain stops. These can be reached by leaning out of the window rather perilously, to unhook them, and paper cups are stocked in the compartments.

   1951 February, K. Westcott Jones, “Some Australian Railway Byways”, in Railway Magazine, page 118

   My coach was air-conditioned, of course, and there was an iced drinking water fountain with a supply of paper cups in a recess by the rest-rooms and toilets.

   1961 June, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States”, in Trains Illustrated, page 356