stoup

Example Sentences

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Holy water is used by Catholics to make the sign of the cross when they come into church and the stoup is usually by the entrance.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015

Father Marc Lyden-Smith said a police officer had smelled urine from a stoup and said he found it "incredible" anyone could do such a thing.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015

"Back, ye villains! and tak me owre; and I'll gie ye a stoup o' the best in Kinghorn."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

As I am an admirer of bravery, even in an adversary, I shall feel highly complimented if you will join me in a stoup of wine.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

Certain drinkers paid Claes, one a stoup, one a piece of ham, and he cut off a little strip of parchment for each of them.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de