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English
Etymology
Perhaps from hippocras.
Noun
copus (plural copuses) (UK, slang, obsolete, Cambridge University)
- A mug.
1835, Richard Gooch, Oxford and Cambridge Nuts to Crack, page 25:PORSON, Whose very name conjures up the spirits of ten thousand wits, holding both sides, over a copus of Trinity ale and a classical pun, would not only frequently “steal a few hours from the night,” but see out both lights and liquids, and seem none the worse for the carouse.
- A drink of ale mixed with spices, and varied by spirits, wines, etc.
1855, Thomas Gray, William Mason, John Mitford, The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason, page 352:We beg you would not stand fiddling about it, but be married forthwith, and then take chaise, and come […] all the way to Cambridge […] for our copuses and Welsh rabbits are impatient for you.
References
- (spiced drink): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
- Morris Marples (1950) University Slang
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