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a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
the school kept the cups is a special glass case - a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet
How To Use loving cup In A Sentence
- A committee of women collected donations from all over the state to fund the design and production of a sterling silver commemorative token, a loving cup.
- After the traditional toasts to Church and Queen and the ancient house, a drinking horn used for the purpose ever since the college was founded was passed round as a loving cup.
- The handles and the tradition of passing the cup fit with the trophy cup, although I have not been able to find any explicit evidence that a trophy designer used the loving cup as inspiration.
- After dinner the loving cup went round: the minstrels led in the players: and they had dramatic shows, songs, dances and 'mummeries' for the rest of the day. The History of London