loving cup

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

loving cup
    n 1: a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that
         people drink out of in turn at a banquet
    2: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a
       trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the
       cups is a special glass case" [syn: {cup}, {loving cup}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Loving cup \Lov"ing cup`\
   1. A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more
      handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a
      banquet.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. an award resembling a {loving cup}[1] that is given to the
      winner of a competition.
      [PJC]

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