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Teacup

noun

As much as a teacup will hold. Synonym: teacupful.

A cup from which tea is drunk.

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"Teacup" Quotes from Famous Books

... sometimes think that he understood, for he was very gentle with me and kind, not making too much of Lilian when I was by, yet never with a look or a word that wasn't the look and the word of her good, true lover; and she was very happy, for she loved him as much as that blue-and-white teacup kind of woman can love; and that's more than I ...

— In Homespun • Edith Nesbit

... into a teacup, and then touched an egg, and then twirled a spoon; but Lady Annabel seemed quite imperturbable, and only observed, 'Probably his guardian is ill, and he has been suddenly summoned to town. I wish you ...

— Venetia • Benjamin Disraeli

... Hepzibah to Phoebe. "She was a Davenport, of a good family. They were almost the first teacups ever seen in the colony; and if one of them were to be broken, my heart would break with it. But it is nonsense to speak so about a brittle teacup, when I remember what my heart ...

— The House of the Seven Gables • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... wish Miss Davis to visit us, Benis?" Desire's hands were busy with her teacup. Her ...

— The Window-Gazer • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

... meal, six pounds; good yeast, a teacup full; and a sufficient quantity of pure water. Knead thoroughly. Bake it in small loaves, unless you ...

— Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages • William Andrus Alcott

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