Meaning of sneak-cup | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone who is deemed to not drink their share during communal drinking sessions.

obsolete

Examples

“How! the prince is a Jack, a sneak-cup: 'sblood, an / he were here, I would cudgel him like⟳ a dog, if he / would say⟳ so.”

“A sneaker was originally a smaller drinking mug or beaker than was ordinarily used, and was drunk from by a "sneak-cup," that contemptible creature who wished to shrink⟳ from his convivial duties by "balking his drink⟳," or, to speak⟳ plainly, who wished to drink⟳ less than his companions fancied he ought to. It came gradually to be used as the name⟳ of a small mug, and as such frequently appears in the inventories of china made and sold at Worcester. Washington was no "sneak-cup," he boldly and liberally ordered large mugs instead of pint sneakers.”

CEFR level