Small round containers used for drinking, typically with handles, or units of measurement in cooking.
From Old English 'cuppe', borrowed from Late Latin 'cuppa', possibly from Latin 'cupa' meaning 'cask, barrel'. The measurement sense developed from using actual cups as standard measures.
The phrase 'not my cup of tea' originated in the 1930s when tea was becoming Britain's national drink, but 'cup' has been a symbol of one's fate or portion since biblical times (as in 'cup of sorrow'). Ancient Olympic winners received cups, not medals.
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