cup-tosser
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]cup-tosser (plural cup-tossers)
- (dated, US, slang) Someone who reads tea leaves; someone who practices tasseography.
- 1899, Ella MacMahon, The Speaker[1]:
- Biddy Kelly was the best cup-tosser in the country. Only last week she had tossed her cup for " her ladyship," and saw in the cup a letter, a journey, and a surprise.