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[syn: cup, loving cup]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loving cup \Lov"ing cup`\
1. A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more
handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a
banquet.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. an award resembling a loving cup[1] that is given to the
winner of a competition.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
loving cup
n 1: a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that
people drink out of in turn at a banquet
2: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a
trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the
cups is a special glass case" [syn: cup, loving cup]