: a small cup usually with a handle used with a saucer for hot beverages
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In her free time, Molly enjoys seeing live music, practicing yoga or boxing, and hanging out with her teacup poodle, Ziggy.
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Molly Ruggere, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2024
Momentary pictures emerge from the crackling cloud and then sink back — a girl walking, a simple clapboard building, a hand holding a teacup, a car careening over a steep embankment and more.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
There are the dangling kites and birdcages, the ancient typewriters, the chessboard on a table, the guitar that rests in a corner, a thousand fragile teacups on display, a billion words inside hundreds of books stacked and shelved without rhyme or reason.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
What Ava sees as an eco-apocalypse, Deborah considers a tempest in a teacup.
—Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Molly Ruggere, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2024
Momentary pictures emerge from the crackling cloud and then sink back — a girl walking, a simple clapboard building, a hand holding a teacup, a car careening over a steep embankment and more.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
There are the dangling kites and birdcages, the ancient typewriters, the chessboard on a table, the guitar that rests in a corner, a thousand fragile teacups on display, a billion words inside hundreds of books stacked and shelved without rhyme or reason.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
What Ava sees as an eco-apocalypse, Deborah considers a tempest in a teacup.
—Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacup. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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teacup
noun
tea·cup
ˈtē-ˌkəp 
: a small cup used with a saucer for hot beverages
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