cuppa
(ˈkʌpə)
A form, freq. in modern times, of cup o'. Also used ellipt. for cup o' tea. colloq.
| 1925 Wodehouse Sam the Sudden vi. 42 Come and have a cuppa coffee. 1934 N. Marsh Man lay Dead xii. 211 Taking a strong cuppa at six-thirty in their shirt sleeves. 1942 E. Langley Pea Pickers 78 At Seymour he got out and begged us to have a ‘little cuppa tea and a sangwidge, miss’. 1949 S. Gibbons Conf. at Cold Comfort Farm iii. 39 Come whoam, come whoam, you piece o' dirt. We've no more business here, and I lusts for me cuppa. 1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes a Wife ix. 119 Sit down and have a cuppa. 1968 M. Richler Cocksure viii. 46 ‘Good morning,’ Joyce said. ‘Coffee?’ ‘If it's no trouble I'd prefer a cuppa.’ 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 117 Barbara Castle dealt with [it] by the disgusting expedient of having a cuppa with the women and talking it over heart to heart. |