Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A toper who balks his glass; one who sneaks from his cup; hence, a puny or paltry fellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.
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Examples
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How! the prince is a Jack, a sneak-cup; sblood! an he were here, I would cudgel him like a dog, if he would say so.
Act III. Scene III. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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How! the prince is a Jack, a sneak-cup: 'sblood, an he were here, I would cudgel him like a dog, if he would say so.
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