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  • One winter, when temperatures were below zero, he would show up late at night and weld on the rails, his work creating our own private lightning storm as my wife Lesli and I lay in bed and watched television with the girls, as Pat and Panhead barked and bickered outside our bedroom window with each other, a huge go-cup of coffee made by Lesli sitting beside them and steaming up into the night.

    Hometown News: The Ballad of Ray and Rose Matt Lubich 2011

  • Aviary's twist on the king of Bourbon Street go-cup drinks is to layer it in a complicated pousse-café style.

    Raising the Bar Kevin Sintumuang 2011

  • He reached out only to fall short as a dark, hulking man, coffee in a go-cup, drove past in a huge yellow truck plowing shut the driveway and burying the last of his clutching hand.

    To Build a Fire Larry Strattner 2011

  • Then: out the door in a tie with a go-cup of coffee, hurtling up Park Avenue, punching the radio buttons.

    7 – April – 2010 – The Bleat. 2010

  • He deftly drew her out of the way when a full go-cup dropped from a balcony above, then said, The one thing I believed without question?

    Deep Kiss Of Winter Kresley Cole 2009

  • I love it that a lady who used to rush into one of our Le Gamin cafés and have her coffee put directly into her stainless-steel go-cup now orders a bowl and sits for a few moments before leaving for work.

    JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003

  • He filled up his own go-cup with coffee and headed north.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

  • He filled up his own go-cup with coffee and headed north.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

  • Now, like the lady with the go-cup, they ask for everything—even hot water, tea, and soup—to be served in a bowl.

    JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003

  • The rest of the coffee from the bowl goes into her go-cup, but at least now she has the pleasure of the bowl for a few minutes before beginning her work.

    JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003

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  • A plastic or paper cup used especially for taking a beverage off the premises of a bar, restaurant, etc.

    May 4, 2019