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gourd cup

noun

  1. a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.


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A kettle contained a brew from which the dancers at intervals dipped with a gourd cup and drank.

The woman jerked a gnarled hand toward a gourd cup attached to the pump with a string.

Here the red man filled the wild gourd cup when he returned weary from the chase or the skirmish.

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