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cup-tossers

cup-tossers is the plural of cup-tosser.

Meaning of cup-tosser

Noun

cup-tosser (plural cup-tossers)

  1. (US, dated, slang) Someone who reads tea leaves; someone who practices tasseography.
    • Biddy Kelly was the best cup-tosser in the country. Only last week she had tossed her cup for " her ladyship," and saw in the cup a letter, a journey, and a surprise.1899, Ella MacMahon, The Speaker

Questions about cup-tossers

What is cup-tossers the plural of?
Cup-tossers is the plural of cup-tosser.

Words near cup-tossers in the dictionary

  1. cup-shaped
  2. cup-shot
  3. cup-shotten
  4. cup-tied
  5. cup-tosser
  6. cup-tossers
  7. Cupa
  8. cupalite
  9. cupalo
  10. cupalos
  11. Cupan

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