posset cup

posset cup
noun
: a 2-handled usually covered and spouted vessel used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries for possets and invalid feeding

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posset cup noun
A large cup or covered bowl for posset
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Main Entry:posset

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posset cup,
a cup, often with two or more handles, used in drinking posset.

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