parting cup

Example Sentences

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He gave “To the good genius, then!” as a parting cup.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback   by the person taking leave.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

Let our attendants delay awhile, till we have conferred the parting cup.

From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Davis, John Francis, Sir

If the silver should be in excess and the gold becomes much broken up, ample time should be given for subsidence from the test-tube or flask into the parting cup.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

And the tumult was so great that Halfred had to command silence from the dais, and very soon to send round the parting cup to the uproarious heroes.

From Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century by Dahn, Felix