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plural teacups
A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set. quotations examples
"There isn't wind enough to capsize a tea-cup in a gutter," said Rasmus, and shifted his chew of tobacco with a little black chalk pipe, while he looked around him on all sides.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 182
A unit of measure; a teacupful. examples
not comparable
Of an animal, smaller than average. examples