chirping cup
English
Etymology
See chirp (“to cheer”).
Noun
chirping cup (plural chirping cups)
- (obsolete) An alcoholic drink taken by way of merrymaking.
- Synonym: cup that cheers
- 1710, Richard Steele and Joseph Addison, The Tatler, Volume 5, No. 12, in The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq, London: John Nutt, 1712, p. 62,
- I have already been invited to Two Christenings, and several Junketings, which I hope will be no Reflection upon my Character, having heard, that you your self, Sir, will take a chirping Cup upon Occasion.