Teacups
[ti:,kʌps]
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of teacups, foretells that affairs of enjoyment will be attended by you. For a woman to break or see them broken, omens her pleasure and good fortune will be marred by a sudden trouble. To drink wine from one, foretells fortune and pleasure will be combined in the near future.
Typist: Sharif
Examples
- His tools were old bottles, glasses, tobacco-pipes, teacups, and such odds and ends as he could find. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Hence my bewilderment at the phantoms of chairs, and the wraiths of looking-glasses, tea-urns, and teacups. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She looked at him, as he struck the table and made the teacups ring, with a proud colour in her face that was a new change, Mr. Harthouse thought. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But long after that, and long after I had heard the clinking of the teacups and was quite ready, I wanted the resolution to go downstairs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Typist: Sharif