stoup
Example Sentences
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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
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
Then fling on coals, and ripe the ribs, And beek the house baith butt and ben; That mutchkin stoup it hauds but dribs, Then let's get in the tappit hen.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
They often sat together bewailing their lot and weeping, while their father was discussing his stoup of wine with his lawyer in town and did not return till late in the evening.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach
And a stoup of water bring; Then would he mix the genuine stuff, As they made it long ago, With limes that on his property In Trinidad did grow.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
