tea-cup

A form of teacup — A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.

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Meanings

nountea-cup (plural tea-cups)

plural tea-cups

  1. alternativeAlternative form of teacup.

    Mrs. Meadows secunda, looked round with sovereign contempt on the bits of tea-cups, old china bowls, and other articles treasured up by Mrs. Meadows prima, and lost a sentence or two of what Mr. Meadows was saying in the survey.

    1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter XVI, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 344
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