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Stirrup Cup

Definition: Stirrup Cup

Stirrup Cup

Noun

1. A farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definition: Stirrup Cup

Domain	Definition
Literature	Stirrup Cup A "parting cup," given in the Highlands to guests on leaving when their feet are in the stirrups. In the north of the Highlands called "cup at the door." (See Coffee .) "Lord Marmion's bugles blew to horse; Then came the stirrup-cup in course; Between the baron and his host No point of courtesy was lost." Sir Walter Scott: Marmion, i. 21. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	STIRRUP CUP. A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Synonyms within Context: Stirrup Cup

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Departure	Leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista; stirrup cup; valedictorian.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Stirrup Cup

Specialty definitions using "stirrup cup": Go of Gin ♦ Parting Cup. (references)

Modern Translation: Stirrup Cup

Language		Translations for "stirrup cup"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kupë e përshëndetjeje. (various references)

Bulgarian		чаша вино за изпроводяк. (various references)

Hungarian		búcsúpohár (grace-cup). (various references)

Manx		jough yn dorrys (parting drink). (various references)

Pig Latin		irrupstay upcay

Russian		прощальный кубок (stirrup-cup). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		čašica (knee cap, patella, socket). (various references)

Turkish		ayrılma anında biniciye verilen içki. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Stirrup Cup

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-i-p-p-r-r-s-t-u-u"
	-2 letters: pruritus, purpuric.
	-3 letters: irrupts, pursuit, stirrup.
	-4 letters: cirrus, citrus, cutups, irrupt, purist, rictus, rustic, script, upstir.
	-5 letters: crisp, crust, currs, curst, cutis, cutup, ictus, puris, purrs, scrip, sirup, situp, spirt, sprit, spurt, stirp, strip, trips, turps, usurp.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Bibliography

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