tin cup
Americannoun
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a cup made out of tin, especially one used by beggars to solicit money.
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a request for unearned money.
holding out a tin cup to the government.
Example Sentences
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I opened my rations sack and Kessler whipped a tin cup from his pocket.
From Literature
Mamdani was in Albany on Wednesday on what is referred to as “Tin Cup Day,” when local New York officials make funding requests.
Reliable as always, Carlile does her tender-soulful ‘70s folk-rock thing in “Tin Cup Chalice,” then talks about her experiences fishing with Buffett, whom she says impressed many a lesbian fisherwoman by bragging that he was friends with Brandi Carlile.
From Los Angeles Times
Reliable as always, Carlile does her tender-soulful ‘70s folk-rock thing in “Tin Cup Chalice,” then talks about her experiences fishing with Buffett, whom she says impressed many a lesbian fisherwoman by bragging that he was friends with Brandi Carlile.
From Los Angeles Times
Barnett grew up in segregated Gary, Ind., shooting Ping-Pong balls into a tin cup.
From New York Times
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