Definition of "winecup"

winecup

noun
plural winecups
1. A vessel from which wine is drunk.
2. (figurative) The consumption of alcohol; drinking; alcohol as a drink.
  Quotations
  These are the proudest trophies, the most splendid fruits of the victories of the wine-cup.
  1856, Permanent Temperance Documents, New York: American Temperance Society, page 61
  He's coming, too, and we both want to mingle our weeps over the wine-cup[.]
  1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page v. 62
3. A poppy mallow (Callirhoe digitata).