MUSTACHE CUP Definition & Meaning

mustache cup

noun

a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.

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Origin of mustache cup¹

First recorded in 1885–90

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But in the changing economies of a fast-growing republic, the warehouse plan was to take its place with the ox yoke, the spinning wheel, the mustache cup, and the Prince Albert coat.

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David turned reluctantly away; he choked down the queerness in his throat and firmly laid hands on a gilt-rimmed mustache cup.

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I do not perform at breakfast for the edification of my offspring upon the mustache cup, but I chew my strawberry seeds, which they claim is worse.

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