loving cup
a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
a wine cup, usually of large size with several handles, passed from one person to another, as at a farewell gathering.
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How to use loving cup in a sentence
The bride-cup was the bowl or loving-cup in which the bridegroom pledged the bride, and she him.
Even at the present day, the loving-cup and decanters are handed to the right around the social board.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantBetter than this to have a foolish spendthrift blaze and the loving cup going round.
Robert Louis Stevenson | Walter RaleighSilver loving cup for greatest originality of conception also goes to Miss Merriam and Mr. Lee, read the herald.
Winona of the Camp Fire | Margaret WiddemerAnd forthwith the loving-cup—several of them, indeed, on each side of the tables—came slowly down with all the antique ceremony.
Our Old Home, Vol. 2 | Nathaniel Hawthorne
British Dictionary definitions for loving cup
a large vessel, usually two-handled, out of which people drink in turn at a banquet
a similar cup awarded to the winner of a competition
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