stirrup cup

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stirrup cup

noun stirrup cups

historical A parting drink taken after mounting one's horse. 1819, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, Tales of My Landlord, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, Volume 2, Chapter 4, pp. 85-86, […] after the Lord Keeper, the Master, and the domestics, had drunk doch-an-dorroch, or the stirrup-cup, in the liquors adapted to their various ranks, the cavalcade res
broadly A drink taken before leaving or parting company with someone. Mrs. French insisted that they come into her room for a cordial, when she heard they were leaving. “You must have a stirrup cup,” Mrs. French said to Carol.
Similar: one for the road
A cup from which such a drink is taken. Bishop Dancer is a man you would most quickly understand if you saw him on a Saturday in Camden, dressed in his red hunting jacket and high black boots, leaning forward to accept some hot toddy from the stirrup cup.

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noun (historical) parting drink taken after mounting one's horse

한국어	등자컵 deungjakeob, 작별의 술잔 jagbyeol-ui suljan
Français	coup de l’étrier

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@misc{stirrup_cup_2026,
  title = {stirrup cup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stirrup%20cup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}