chirping cup - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See chirp (“to cheer”).
chirping cup (plural chirping cups)
- (obsolete) An alcoholic drink taken by way of merrymaking.
- Synonym: cup that cheers
1710, Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, “The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq”, in The Tatler[1], volume 5, number 12, London: John Nutt, published 1712, page 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.