teacup
/ˈtiː.kʌp/ noun C2- A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
- A unit of measure; a teacupful.
Plural teacups
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He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other.
This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread-and-butter.
The miserable Hatter dropped his teacup and bread-and-butter, and went down on one knee.
The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by—the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the neighbouring pool—she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution—once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess’s knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it—once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard’s slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle.
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