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
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 Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
I threw them down and said to him, "Count, give me a stoup of wine and they are yours."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
There was a young gentleman, not like a prisoner either, only I fancied under some restraint; and I brought him a better stoup of wine than I brought the rest.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
