stirrup cup
Example Sentences
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The episode begins as Danny totters up to the stirrup cup.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seemed a storm in a stirrup cup.
From Time Magazine Archive
But my favorite was a stirrup cup molded in the shape of a wolf’s head and shoulders, with the head lifted and the mouth pulled into an O for a long howl.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
To which hope Lady Glenlivet piously cried "Amen"; and Maisie turned to mix the stirrup cup, for the morning was raw and cold.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)
“It was the Copelands going off without breaking their fast or taking a stirrup cup, like discourteous rogues as they be,” said Margaret, in no measured language.
From Grisly Grisell by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
