parting cupn.
/ˈpɑːtɪŋ kʌp/, U.S. /ˈpɑrdɪŋ ˌkəp/ Now rare.
1. A drink taken upon parting. Also: a cup with two handles, used by two or more people to drink to one another when parting. Cf. loving cup n.
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1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iv. i. sig. H2v Skinke my parting Cup, and then Ime gone.
1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον ii. 1 Now the Saylors have drunke their parting cups.
1681 A. Radcliffe Ovid Travestie (ed. 2) 111 But just as I was putting Foot in Stirrup, Drinking with Friends a parting cup of Syrrup, My Sister came to th' door.
1770 R. Cumberland Brothers i. viii I have been taking a parting cup with the charming Sally.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. ii. 22 This was a parting cup..and..fell under the exception of Dochan dorroch.
1868 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 3) 484 Marshal de Bassompierre, when about to return..had called his friends together that he might drink their health in a parting cup.
1877 W. Morris Sigurd i. 15 And the homemen gathered together to drink the parting cup.
1926 J. Gray Long Road 17 A small parting cup; then, scarce needing light, a pair of walkers..need no extraneous advice to Sleep well; good night.
1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily vi. 84 The following day a number of Kircubbin and Ardmillan men went to the local pub for a parting cup or two.
2002 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 11 Aug. a1 (heading) The parting cup.
2. A drink made of sweetened ale and sherry, to which soda water is added just before drinking. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1904 N.E.D. Parting cup, a kind of ‘cup’ or compound beverage, made with ale and sherry, sweetened, and with soda-water added just before drinking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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