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Meanings of loving cup in English

Russian
чаша любви
Catalan
copa de l'amor
Spanish
copa amatoria
Wikidata

Shared drinking container traditionally used at weddings and banquets.

        чаша любви
        Portuguese
        taça
        Catalan
        copa
        Spanish
        copa

        A large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition.

              taça
              Usage of loving cup in English
              1
              Toast the old year out and new one in with a loving cup:
              Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
              2
              This bright hope was duly pledged in many a loving cup.
              A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
              3
              To prepare a loving cup for welcoming the new year for fifteen persons:
              Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
              4
              And then the loving cup was passed a second time.
              Brave New World
              5
              A lasting gift Jesus gave his own: to share his bread, his loving cup.
              Radio NZ
              6
              All sipped from the cup, much as folks do from a loving cup nowadays.
              Watch Yourself Go By
              7
              And she went away, and came back carrying a beautiful old silver loving cup.
              O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
              8
              Her words were a loving cup held to his lips.
              Glory of Youth
              9
              Once the ceremony of the loving cup was concluded, Skylan was free to enjoy himself.
              Bones of the Dragon
              10
              I say nothing of the beverage that was in the ' loving cup' that went round.
              Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1
              11
              The winner would walk away with £50 and "a solid silver loving cup".
              The Irish Times
              12
              Gimme a loving cup, and come on boys, this is on me while it lasts.
              At the Foot of the Rainbow
              13
              We two can feed from one spoon; it is a closer, bond than the loving cup.
              Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5
              14
              Of course Dorothy was to share the prize, and she accepted a pretty silver loving cup.
              The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore
              15
              It flung the lake a golden loving cup, thrilling it to the heart with that bright gift.
              The Port of Adventure
              16
              The loving cup had made its circuit.
              Brave New World
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              Translations for loving cup
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              taça
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