Definition of teacup
: a small cup usually with a handle used with a saucer for hot beverages
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Honey jarred and sold in Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood may soon be found in teacups and on biscuits across the nation.
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Other standouts include La Double J’s architectural and frond-laden teacups and saucers, and Gucci’s tasseled throw pillow embroidered with a panther’s piercing gaze.
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Their job is next to impossible, like draining a lake with a teacup.
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The institute released pictures taken by REMUS, including one of jumbled cannon and another of scores of teacups scattered on the ocean floor.
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Etiquette expert Myka Meier told People the proper way to hold a teacup involves pinching the top of the handle with your thumb and forefinger, and resting the bottom of the handle on your middle finger.
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The golden milk tea ($22), from the Tea for Two section of the menu, arrives in a gorgeous, patterned teapot with little ceramic teacups, all set atop a wooden board.
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Remember, cosmic warriors, neither tea leaf nor teacup has any intrinsic power; the fortunes are, ultimately, a reflection of your own intuition.
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Serve it in fancy teacups to bump up the prettiness.
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First Known Use of teacup
1700
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: a cup used with a saucer for hot drinks
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