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a hole's best friend, holding everything just long enough to disappoint gravity
means A small open container, usually with a rounded base and sometimes a handle, used to hold liquid for drinking.
from From Old English 'cuppe,' borrowed from Late Latin 'cuppa,' a variant of Latin 'cupa,' meaning a tub or cask — the same well-traveled root that, by a different path, also gave us 'cupola' and 'coop.' The image at the heart of it is simply something hollow that holds, scaled down from a barrel to the thing in your hand.
- olympic origin
- Trophies began as cups passed around for shared drinking
- sizing chaos
- Bra cup letters have no universal volume standard
- ancient design
- Greek kylix cups revealed images only when emptied
- world cup
- The trophy is solid gold, weighing over 13 pounds
- physics trick
- A red Solo cup's lines mark booze and beer pours
fifa world cup — international soccer tournament held every 4 years since 1930, won by 8 different nations
stanley cup — nhl championship trophy awarded annually since 1892, oldest professional sports award in north america
america's cup — yacht racing competition held since 1851, oldest international sporting trophy still contested
wimbledon men's singles — tennis tournament trophy awarded since 1877 at the all england club in london