grace cup

1. A cup used at the end of a meal, usually after grace, for the final toast.

2. The final toast of a meal.

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grace cup

(Cookery) a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final toast

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grace cup - cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal

cup - a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"

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