paper cup

English

Noun

paper cup (plural paper cups)

1. A disposable cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper.
   • 1951 February, K. Westcott Jones, “Some Australian Railway Byways”, in Railway Magazine, page 118:

     A rather interesting and notable convenience, however, is that of ice water bags, which are hung on to the outside of the coaches at certain stops. These can be reached by leaning out of the window rather perilously, to unhook them, and paper cups are stocked in the compartments.

   • 1961 June, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States”, in Trains Illustrated, page 356:

     My coach was air-conditioned, of course, and there was an iced drinking water fountain with a supply of paper cups in a recess by the rest-rooms and toilets.

   • 2023 April 5, Pip Dunn, “'196s' giving commuters a smoother ride”, in RAIL, number 980, page 55:

     Messy trains are horrible, but you can sort of understand passengers leaving their sandwich wrappers and paper cups if there is nowhere to dispose of them.

Translations

disposable cup

• Arabic: كُوب وَرَقِيّ m (kūb waraqiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紙杯／纸杯 (zh) (zhǐbēi)

• Finnish: pahvikuppi, pahvimuki (fi)
• French: gobelet en carton m
• German: Pappbecher (de) m
• Hungarian: papírpohár (hu)
• Italian: bicchiere di carta m
• Japanese: 紙コップ (かみコップ, kami-koppu)
• Korean: 종이컵 (ko) (jong'ikeop)
• Portuguese: copo de papel m
• Russian: бума́жный стака́нчик m (bumážnyj stakánčik)
• Spanish: vaso de papel m
• Swedish: pappersmugg (sv) c