: a small cup usually with a handle used with a saucer for hot beverages
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Croissants and sweet pastries lined the tables, with empty teacups waiting to be filled.
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Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
Gone are the days — more or less — of dressing-room scraps or managers hurling teacups at the wall.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
To mark The Trouble of Color’s release on March 4, Smithsonian spoke with Jones about the power of producing a memoir, and how something as fragile as a teacup can be a touchstone.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Here’s a great piece from this week: A month after the first signs of smoke and flame, victims are still mourning the loss of small things, a snapshot or a teacup.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
Gone are the days — more or less — of dressing-room scraps or managers hurling teacups at the wall.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
To mark The Trouble of Color’s release on March 4, Smithsonian spoke with Jones about the power of producing a memoir, and how something as fragile as a teacup can be a touchstone.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Here’s a great piece from this week: A month after the first signs of smoke and flame, victims are still mourning the loss of small things, a snapshot or a teacup.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacup. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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teacup
noun
tea·cup
ˈtē-ˌkəp 
: a small cup used with a saucer for hot beverages
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