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Pythagoras cup

Pythagoras cup is the alternative form of Pythagorean cup.

Meaning of Pythagorean cup

Noun

Pythagorean cup (plural Pythagorean cups)

  1. A practical joke device in a form of a drinking cup, sometimes used to make statements about greed. When it is filled beyond a certain point, a siphoning effect causes the cup to drain its entire contents through the base.
    Synonyms:
    greedy cup, Tantalus cup, beaker of righteousness

Forms of Pythagoras cup

pluralPythagoras cups

Questions about Pythagoras cup

What is Pythagoras cup the alternative form of?
Pythagoras cup is the alternative form of Pythagorean cup.

Words near Pythagoras cup in the dictionary

  1. Pytel
  2. Pytels
  3. pyterlite
  4. Pythag.
  5. Pythagoras
  6. Pythagoras cup
  7. Pythagoras cups
  8. Pythagoras' theorem
  9. Pythagorean
  10. Pythagorean bean
  11. Pythagorean beans

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