parting cup

Example Sentences

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Long before the dawn of early morning that jovial party drank a parting cup of cold tea, and, dispersing to their several homes, left the field in possession of the village curs.

From The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains by Webb, Archibald

But prosing isn't quite the thing, And so, I guess, I'll give it up: Just wait a moment while I sing; We'll have another parting cup, And then to bed.

From Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry by Various

Quando dormir partiamos, El Rey dijo, "Te am�mos Antesque al lecho vamos, let us take a parting cup!"

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Some thrust out their snuff-mulls for the parting pinch, others tendered the DOCH-AN-DORRACH, or parting cup.

From Chronicles of the Canongate by Scott, Walter, Sir

At half-past seven, after a parting cup with the Sieur Champeaux, whither they returned to re-saddle their horses, they set off again in the direction of Melun.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various