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sneak-cups

sneak-cups is the plural of sneak-cup.

Meaning of sneak-cup

Noun

sneak-cup (plural sneak-cups)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who is deemed to not drink their share during communal drinking sessions.
    • How! the prince is a Jack, a sneak-cup: 'sblood, an / he were here, I would cudgel him like a dog, if he / would say so.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, act 2, scene 3

Questions about sneak-cups

What is sneak-cups the plural of?
Sneak-cups is the plural of sneak-cup.

Words near sneak-cups in the dictionary

  1. sneak previews
  2. sneak thief
  3. sneak thieves
  4. sneak up
  5. sneak-cup
  6. sneak-cups
  7. sneakage
  8. sneakbox
  9. sneakboxes
  10. sneaked
  11. sneaked around

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