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grace-cup

grace-cup noun: the final drink passed round after grace at the end of a feast, meal etc.; a parting drink.

Noun

grace-cup (plural grace-cups)

  1. The final drink passed round after grace at the end of a feast, meal etc.; a parting drink.
    • as a corollary to conclude the feast and continue their mirth, a grace-cup came in to cheer their hearts, and they drank healths to one another again and again., II.5.1.v

Forms of grace-cup

pluralgrace-cups

Questions about grace-cup

What does grace-cup mean?
Grace-cup means the final drink passed round after grace at the end of a feast, meal etc.; a parting drink.
What part of speech is grace-cup?
Grace-cup is a noun.
What is the plural of grace-cup?
The plural of grace-cup is grace-cups.

Words near grace-cup in the dictionary

  1. grace stroke
  2. grace strokes
  3. Grace's card
  4. Grace's warbler
  5. Grace's warblers
  6. grace-cup
  7. grace-cups
  8. graced
  9. Graceffa
  10. Graceffas
  11. Gracefield

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