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/ˈtiː.kʌp/ · noun
A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set..
"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.
Use tea cup when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tea cup means A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set..
Common synonyms include teacupful.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"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.
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