Cup-of-coffee Definition

noun
(baseball) When a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.
I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career.
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Noun

Singular:
cup-of-coffee
Plural:
cups of coffee

Origin of Cup-of-coffee

  • Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.

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Cup-of-coffee Sentence Examples

  • She finished her oatmeal and pored herself a cup of coffee.

  • Brandon stepped over to the stove and poured a cup of coffee.

  • Davis ate and then nursed a cup of coffee in silence.

  • Pete's eyes were twinkling as he took his plate and a cup of coffee.

  • She poured him a cup of coffee and he glanced up at her.

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