coffee cup

noun

coffee cup

noun
1

A cup, typically a small one, in which coffee can be served.

  • “It’s nothing much, but—well, if you are going, will you tell him——” he dropped his voice to a whisper—“I think I’ve found the extra coffee-cup!”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 144:
  • Got a picture of you beside me / Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup1995, Gary Barlow, “Back for Good”, in Nobody Else, performed by Take That:

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