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cups of coffee

cups of coffee is the plural of cup of coffee.

Meaning of cup of coffee

Noun

cup of coffee (plural cups of coffee)

  1. (slang) The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.
    • I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career.
  2. (figuratively) One’s personal preference.
    • Since social anthropology is not my cup of coffee, I leave it to the research scholars to discover the true significance of this transformation.1963, Southern Economist, volume 2, page 137
    Synonyms:
    cup of joe
  3. (euphemistic) An invitation to have sex.
  4. (informal) How cheap something is.
    • This Wi-Fi jammer costs a cup of coffee.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, coffee.
    Synonyms:
    cup of tea

Questions about cups of coffee

What is cups of coffee the plural of?
Cups of coffee is the plural of cup of coffee.

Words near cups of coffee in the dictionary

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  3. cuproxoline
  4. cups
  5. cups o' joe
  6. cups of coffee
  7. cups of joe
  8. cups of tea
  9. cups that cheer
  10. cups-and-balls
  11. cupseed

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