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loving cup
noun
- a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- a wine cup, usually of large size with several handles, passed from one person to another, as at a farewell gathering.
loving cup
noun
- a large vessel, usually two-handled, out of which people drink in turn at a banquet
- a similar cup awarded to the winner of a competition
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Word History and Origins
Origin of loving cup1
First recorded in 1800–10
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Example Sentences
The bride-cup was the bowl or loving-cup in which the bridegroom pledged the bride, and she him.
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Even at the present day, the loving-cup and decanters are handed to the right around the social board.
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Better than this to have a foolish spendthrift blaze and the loving cup going round.
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Silver loving cup for greatest originality of conception also goes to Miss Merriam and Mr. Lee, read the herald.
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And forthwith the loving-cup—several of them, indeed, on each side of the tables—came slowly down with all the antique ceremony.
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