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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A toper who balks his glass; one who sneaks from his cup; hence, a puny or paltry fellow.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.
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“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.”
“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.”
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