Lov·ing cup.
  1. A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.
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  loving cup
       n 1: a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that
            people drink out of in turn at a banquet
       2: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a
          trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept
          the cups is a special glass case" [syn: cup]