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teacup

/ˈtiː.kʌp/ adjective C2
  1. Of an animal, smaller than average.
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He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 85 · B2
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.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 86 · B2
The miserable Hatter dropped his teacup and bread-and-butter, and went down on one knee.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 88 · B2
Arthur adjusted his spectacles, his weathered hands tracing the rim of a porcelain teacup with the precision of a lifelong engineer.
The Resonance of the Crossing, p. 1 · C2

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