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cupper

cupper

9.9
A cup of tea
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌpə/
  • UK
translation icon : taza de té
  • Have a cupper, love.

Examples

  • The schoolie needs a cupper.

    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

  • - It'll be a three-cupper.

    Flood! (1977)

  • THERE'S A CUPPER.

    The Best Man (2005)

  • "Would you like to join me for a cup of tea, or as we call it, a cupper?"

  • "After a long day, I enjoy relaxing with a warm cupper and a good book."

  • "He offered his friend a cupper to brighten his mood."

Synonyms

cuppa
vscupper
  • UK
7 9.1

A cup of tea you drink to relax, often at home or with friends

is the same meaning but written with a different informal spelling

How Strong

cupper
  • UK
9.9
weak tea
  • Informal
1 3.7

Surface Forms

cupper singular
cuppers plural

Morphology

cupper = cup (semi-transparent) = cup + er

The form is built from 'cup' + '-er', but the informal meaning 'a cup of tea' is only loosely predictable as a cupful or serving.

Etymology

Cupper comes from the simple word cup and is like the informal cuppa, short for 'cup of (tea)'. So a cupper is a casual British way to say a 'cup' of tea.