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May 27, 2012
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tin' cup'




1. a cup made out of tin, esp. one used by beggars to solicit money.
2. a request for unearned money: holding out a tin cup to the government.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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