coffee-cups

Horriflam; and of this back-parlor and baggytell-bord, of this counter, of this “Constantinople” Divan, he became almost as reglar a frequenter as the plaster of Parish Turk who sits smoking a hookey between the two blue coffee-cups in the winder.

Burlesques 2006

Horriflam; and of this back-parlor and baggytell-bord, of this counter, of this “Constantinople” Divan, he became almost as reglar a frequenter as the plaster of Parish Turk who sits smoking a hookey between the two blue coffee-cups in the winder.

Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

A powerful mettlesome young Achilles ought not to be leading-stringed by women too much; is out of his place dawdling by distaffs or handing coffee-cups; and when he is not fighting, depend on it, is likely to fall into much worse mischief.

The Virginians 2006

“I am very glad to see you, Captain Dobbin, sir,” says he, after a skulking look or two at his visitor (whose lanky figure and military appearance caused some excitement likewise to twinkle in the blear eyes of the waiter in the cracked dancing pumps, and awakened the old lady in black, who dozed among the mouldy old coffee-cups in the bar).

Vanity Fair 2006

She got up from the bed, collecting up their used coffee-cups.

The Count's Blackmail Bargain Craven, Sara 2005

Then when the coffee-cups were cleared away, and we had got our cigars alight, my host swung his long legs over the side of his chair and bade me get started with my yarn.

The Thirty-Nine Steps 2005

Everything else lay tidy: flower vases emptied, ash-trays cleaned, no stray coffee-cups, no abandoned books.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

Everything else lay tidy: flower vases emptied, ash-trays cleaned, no stray coffee-cups, no abandoned books.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

The oak table, which Charley and his bride had once spent four happy hours in selecting, was littered with half a dozen empty whisky-flasks, collars, torn sensational newspapers, dirty plates and coffee-cups.

Our Mr. Wrenn 2004

When these stories came to a period, our tight circle would shift over, uneasily, to the other knee or elbow; while coffee-cups went clinking round, and a servant fanned the blue reek of the fire towards the loophole with his cloak, making the glowing ash swirl and sparkle with his draught.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003