10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUSTACHE CUP»
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moustache cup in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
moustache cup and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Spitfire Wingman from Tennessee: My Love Affair with Flight
President Truman also read the newspapers, so one day he evaded the Secret
Service and searched the antique shops in Georgetown until he found and
bought an old moustache cup. (Dewey had a little Hitler-like moustache.) This he
...
Col. James R. Haun, James Haun, Sr., Jimmy Haun, Jr., 2011
2
100 Antiques of the Future
LOT IB: MOUSTACHE CUPS The moustache cup, a superb invention by
Englishman Harvey Adams, is so called because of its unique inner lip, designed
to protect the user from being left with a soiled moustache. LOT 17: POOLE
POTTERY ...
3
Ulysses and the Irish God
The singularity of the occasion is underscored: What supererogatory marks of
special hospitality did the host show his guest? Relinquishing his symposiarchal
right to the moustache cup of imitation Crown Derby presented to him by his only
...
4
The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, ...
The moustache cup, a nineteenth-century variation of the traditional teacup,
evolved during the Crimean War. At this time, moustaches were in vogue, and to
protect a gentleman's whiskers from the liquid in his teacup, Harvey Adams, ...
Suzanne Von Drachenfels, 2000
5
Ceramic Bygones: And Other Unusual Domestic Pottery
For the gentleman with a waxed moustache, the moustache cup was devised;
this had a strip behind the rim forming a guard to protect the wax from softening.
For a right-handed man a right-handled moustache cup was needed. Moustache
...
6
Pull Up a Chair: Memories of Old-timers from Armstrong ...
The old gentleman had a big moustache and always drank from a moustache
cup. It had a proper little china piece across the middle so his moustache wouldn
't fall into his tea. With our big group there were never enough cups to go around,
...
7
Frayed Lifelines: A Siege Survivor's Story
This was my first sight of a Victorian moustache cup! My own father was clean-
shaven but grandfather favoured a neatly trimmed white beard with a generous
matching moustache on the upper lip. Being left-handed myself, I wondered how
a ...
8
The Chambers Dictionary
[Fr] moust. See must' moustache »i.»-. mus- or moos-lash' or i ( .si mustache (m<u
-or/ntu'). nthe unshaved hair on a man's upper lip. Also in/)/. adj moustached '.- ,/,/
, moustach ial moustache -cup a cup with the top partly covered, formerly used ...
9
Oxford Dictionary of English
from French, from Italian mostaccio, from Greek mustax, mustak-. moustache cup
7noun a cup with a partial cover that protects the moustache of the person
drinking from it. Mousterian /muːˈstɪərɪən/ 7adjective Archaeology relating to
or ...
10
Souvenirs from the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
The two shown here are a mug and a moustache cup. It was quite common to
reward children with gifts and the earthenware mug was made for a “good girl”.
There is a companion piece for a good boy and both commemorate the Diamond
...
Richard And Susan Wales, 2013
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUSTACHE CUP»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
moustache cup is used in the context of the following news items.
Keeping a stiff upper lip with our moustache cups
Their new company My Moustache Cup does exactly what it says – it sells mugs designed to keep moustaches dry while drinking tea or coffee. «The Visitor, Oct 13»
Not crossing your teas
By the end of the 1800s drinking tea was established as a great British tradition. In the 19th century a moustache cup was even invented – it ... «Times of Malta, Nov 12»
The Great Fire
His family lost everything, including family photos. The only item he found was his grandfathers metal moustache cup. "Some houses to the east did not burn," he ... «Wrightsville Beach Magazine, Mar 10»
