stirrup cup
Example Sentences
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It seemed a storm in a stirrup cup.
From Time Magazine Archive
The episode begins as Danny totters up to the 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
“Come out quickly, while thy father is having the stirrup cup, and I’ll ask him about Thalia.”
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
Some had a stirrup cup or two before parting, and I cannot forget one who tore past on a huge white horse, brandishing a great rusty sword in the moonlight.
From The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
