cup-tosser

English

Noun

cup-tosser (plural cup-tossers)

(dated, US, slang) Someone who reads tea leaves; someone who practices tasseography.
- 1899, Ella MacMahon, The Speaker‎:
  Biddy Kelly was the best cup-tosser in the country. Only last week she had tossed her cup for " her ladyship," and saw in the cup a letter, a journey, and a surprise.

Anagrams

cue sports, cuesports, spectrous, susceptor, suspector

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