caudle-cup

James Cheeseman was compelled — as the noblest man may be — to dissemble and even deny his intentions until the blessed period of caudle-cup, when, the weather being pleasant and the wind along the shore, he found himself encouraged to put up the window gently.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

Barbara's surname was Allen, but her godfathers and godmothers at her baptism had been actuated by no reminiscences of ballad poetry, and she was called Barbara because her godmother was called Barbara and was ready to present her with a silver caudle-cup on condition that the baby bore her name.

Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) David Christie Murray

And Fiddy and Prissy had each a draught of milk out of it, to boast of for the rest of their lives, as if they had sipped caudle out of the caudle-cup at a royal heir's christening.

Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870

James Cheeseman was compelled -- as the noblest man may be -- to dissemble and even deny his intentions until the blessed period of caudle-cup, when, the weather being pleasant and the wind along the shore, he found himself encouraged to put up the window gently.

Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War 1862

This "punch-bowl" was, according to old family tradition, a caudle-cup.

The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 02: Additional Poems (1837-1848) Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

It's all there, -- cradle, caudle-cup, and the rest of it.

The Way We Live Now Anthony Trollope 1848

Then we had the ladies 'lot -- the teapot, tea-caddy, glass sugar-basin, half-a-dozen spoons, and caudle-cup -- and all the time I was making similar excuses to give a look or two and say a word or two to my poor child.

Doctor Marigold Charles Dickens 1841

Bell or Lancaster would not relish the pap or caudle-cup three times a day; neither would an infant on the breast feel comfortable after a gorge of ox beef.

The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

If so, I shall not be remote from your recess, and (unless Mrs.M. detains you at home over the caudle-cup and a new cradle,) we will meet.

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

"Faith, none that I can think of," answered Giles Gosling, "unless that our Mike had the gallows branded on his left shoulder for stealing a silver caudle-cup from Dame Snort of Hogsditch."

Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801