coffee cup

See also: coffee-cup and coffeecup

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Noun

coffee cup (plural coffee cups)

  1. A cup, typically a small one, in which coffee can be served.
    • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 144:
      “It’s nothing much, but—well, if you are going, will you tell him——” he dropped his voice to a whisper—“I think I’ve found the extra coffee-cup!”
    • 1995, Gary Barlow, “Back for Good”, in Nobody Else, performed by Take That:
      Got a picture of you beside me / Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup

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