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cup that cheers
n. (context humorous English) A cup of tea.
Usage examples of "cup that cheers".
Pooley and Omally strolled over the St Marys Allotments en route to Johns hut and the cup that cheers.
Keep one peeper peeled for this hero fella you say's coming, maybe kindle a light, start a little summat boiling on the guardroom fire, hot wine, the cup that cheers, just the thing what with a winter like we're like to have, judging by the misery as's crept into me bones.
I would have joined him in the cup that cheers, but I could hardly sit there swigging down spirits while he genteelly sipped tea.