单词 | class cup |
释义 | > as lemmasclass cup class cup n. U.S. (now rare) (a) (esp. at Yale College) a silver cup presented by each class (sense A. 10) to the first child born to one of its members after graduation (said to have been first awarded at Yale by the Class of 1844); (b) a cup awarded for winning a sporting competition, esp. among members of a class (sense A. 10). ΚΠ 1854 in Dict. Amer. Eng. (1960) I. (at cited word) Each man's mind was made up To obtain the ‘Class Cup’. 1871 L. H. Bagg Four Years at Yale ii. v. 540 It may be remarked that none of the ‘Class Cup Boys’ have as yet graduated from the college. 1881 Columbia Spectator (Columbia Univ, N.Y.) 11 May 18/1 The spring regatta will probably take place on May 14th, when the oarsmen will have a chance to leave their names on the class cup. 1899 Rec. Class 1878 College Univ. Penn. 122 William Henry, born February, 1883, possessor of the class cup. 1913 Biogr. Sketches Class 1868 Dartmouth Coll. 115 A son, Arthur Richardson, was born May 12, 1870, for whom he claimed the Class Cup; this cup was intended for the first baby born to the class. 1931 Penn. Gaz. (Univ. Penn.) 1 June 451/2 Preceding the dinner there will be the annual golf match for the class cup, a hotly contested feature. < as lemmas |
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