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Definition of Loving cup

1. Noun. A large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet.

2. Noun. A large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition. "The school kept the cups is a special glass case"

Definition of Loving cup

1. Noun. A large cup with two or more handles, passed around for all to drink from; a ceremonial version of such a cup awarded as a trophy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loving Cup

lovest lovestone lovestruck lovetap lovetaps loveth lovevine lovevines lovewende loveworthy

lovey lovey-dovey loveys loving loving-kindness loving cup (current term) lovingkindness lovingly lovingness lovingnesses

lovings loviride lovozerite lovyer lovyers low-activation materials low-backed low-beam(a) low-birth-weight baby

Literary usage of Loving cup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life of John Boyle O'Reilly by James Jeffrey Roche, Mary Murphy O'Reilly (1891)
"THE loving cup OP THE PAPYRUS.* VV And steal rich drops from every pregnant hour ; Others, like wasps on blossomed apple-trees, Find gall, not honey, ..."

2. Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910)
"loving cup FOR ADMIRAL DEWEY ADDRESS IN PRESENTING THE loving cup TO ADMIRAL DEWEY, WASHINGTON, JANUARY 9, ..."

3. The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist by Charles Frederick Holder, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1910)
"Silver loving cup, presented by the Banning Company. Winner's name engraved on cup, same to remain property of the Club. MONTGOMERY CUP. ..."

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