stirrup cup | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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Poison cup
·add. ·- A cup containing poison. II. Poison cup ·add. ·- A cup that was supposed to break on havin...

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Sneak-cup
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Drunk. ...

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butter-cup
The flower of the ranunculus ficarius. It seems to have obtained its name from a vulgar error, that ...

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cup o'sneeze
a pinch of snuff. N. ...

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oil of stirrup
A dose the cobler gives his wife whenever she is obstropulous. ...

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Three Cup Court
South out of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). Or " King's H...

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Cup and Fan Court
In Leadenhall Street (P.C. 1732). Also called "Cap and Fan Court." See Five Bell Court. ...

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cup of the creature
A cup of good liquor. ...

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