winecup
nounEtymology From wine + cup.
1
A vessel from which wine is drunk.
2
Figuratively The consumption of alcohol; drinking; alcohol as a drink.
- These are the proudest trophies, the most splendid fruits of the victories of the wine-cup.1856, Permanent Temperance Documents, New York: American Temperance Society, page 61:
- He's coming, too, and we both want to mingle our weeps over the wine-cup[.]1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page v. 62:
3
A poppy mallow (Callirhoe digitata).
- Related terms
- wineglass