CUPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cupper mean? 

• CUPPER (noun)
  The noun CUPPER has 1 sense:

1. a cup of tea

  Familiarity information: CUPPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cup of tea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cuppa; cupper

Hypernyms ("cupper" is a kind of...):

tea (a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

He told me instead, with much rapidity, a good deal about her skill, and her profits; and about her being a scientific cupper, if I should ever have occasion for her service in that capacity.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)