tumbler

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As soon as her clothes and her tumbler were again dry, she announced by loud snores that she was in a happy state of oblivion; in which we shall leave her, to follow the motions of Edward Forster It was about seven o'clock in the evening, when Forster thus exposed himself to the inclemency of the weather.

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  1. noun One that tumbles, especially an acrobat or gymnast.
  2. noun A drinking glass, originally with a rounded bottom.
  3. noun A flat-bottomed glass having no handle, foot, or stem.

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  • The most economical cold cup This thermoformed tumbler is an excellent way to put your message in someone s hands 16 oz Trade Show Custom Magnetic Car Sign Oval 11 5 x 17 035 Thick as Trade Show Giveaway Promotional Magnetic Car Sign Oval 11 5 x 17 035 Thick.
  • It's a tumbler, a series of good thoughts that get lost in development ( "The Brave and the Snake").
  • The saucer, as well as the tumbler, was then full of water, and though the tumbler was upside down the water couldn't fall out What hindered it, I'd like to know?" —  St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated
  • As soon as her clothes and her tumbler were again dry, she announced by loud snores that she was in a happy state of oblivion; in which we shall leave her, to follow the motions of Edward Forster It was about seven o'clock in the evening, when Forster thus exposed himself to the inclemency of the weather. —  Newton Forster The Merchant Service
  • Willy Snyders poured some vino nero for him into a tumbler, and he struck a few notes by way of prelude, though hesitating to interrupt Franck and begin. —  Atlantis
 

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  1. Sense 2a, from the fact that it would tumble if put down.

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  1. from Middle English tumbler, tombeler, tumlare (cf. Anglo-Saxon tumbere) (=Middle Low German tumeler); from tumble + -er.
 

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