Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small cup of strong black coffee or espresso.
- noun The small cup used to serve this drink.
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- noun A small cup of strong
black coffee . - noun The cup in which this
coffee is served.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Pour in demitasse cups, giving each a topping of foama clear indicator of an accomplished coffee maker.
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One of the first lots of blue glassware included a couple small glasses, which the auctioneer described as "demitasse", and his father called "shot glasses".
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2009
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Slide 27: Variety • Bialetti models • Sizes (in "demitasse" cups) •
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We finished off with a small but very strong demitasse cup of Arabic-style (Turkish) coffee flavored with cloves.
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The little duchess tossed a tiny silver spoon at him and he stopped whimpering, but Howell bit right into the lip of his demitasse cup.
Lorelei 2010
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A tiny butternut-shaped woman was hired to channel an endless flow of coffee and tea into demitasse cups that she continually distributed on trays.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Fifty year ago in my Wasp family a canard was a children's treat, a lump of sugar dipped in an after dinner demitasse.
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Even a demitasse of chicory coffee must have been hard to come by in Seneca, South Carolina in the last world war.
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: Selling Mother's Louis Vuittons on eBay Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2011
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Forget about Flora Danica china unless you have 1500 Euros for a demitasse!
Terry Kelhawk: It's Different in Denmark Terry Kelhawk 2011
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Forget about Flora Danica china unless you have 1500 Euros for a demitasse!
Terry Kelhawk: It's Different in Denmark Terry Kelhawk 2011
bilby commented on the word demitasse
"Harrison and Manchester were standing in the door of the department common room, drinking coffee. In their ham-sized fists, the mugs looked the size of demitasse cups."
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King.
December 31, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word demitasse
from Fr., lit. "half-cup," from demi- + tasse, an O.Fr. borrowing from Arabic tassah, from Pers. tasht "cup, saucer"
August 30, 2009