winecup
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Etymology
Noun
winecup (plural winecups)
- A vessel from which wine is drunk.
- (figurative) The consumption of alcohol; drinking; alcohol as a drink.
- 1856, Permanent Temperance Documents, New York: American Temperance Society, page 61:
- These are the proudest trophies, the most splendid fruits of the victories of the wine-cup.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page v. 62:
- He's coming, too, and we both want to mingle our weeps over the wine-cup[.]
- A poppy mallow (Callirhoe digitata).
Usage notes
In reference to a wine vessel, usually used when the cup is not glass, to deliberately imply that it is old, or to make the prose seem archaic.
Translations
vessel from which wine is drunk
poppy mallow — see poppy mallow
See also
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