cuppa

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cuppa

/ˈkʌp.ə/

Rhymes with -ʌpə

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Contraction of cup of (with “tea” or sometimes “coffee” implied). See also a (“of”), pinta (“pint of milk”).

noun cuppas · cupper

Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, colloquial A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink). I’ve just put the kettle on – fancy a cuppa?
Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, colloquial Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea. Similes were not my cuppa, anyway. My classmates tended to overload their writing with them (all-time record: six in one paragraph) and they stuck out like violins in a rock tune.
pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of cup of I just felt like I wanted another cuppa coffee and I told her so;[…]and before I could get just one more cuppa coffee it was seven-fifty!

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@misc{cuppa_2026,
  title = {cuppa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuppa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}