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Word: teacups (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...crack in the teacup opens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Auden: The Sage of Anxiety | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...should the Queen tell? All she is trying to do is stash a handbag in a comfortable position so that she may have her hands free to use the camera to take pictures of the elephants. Or hold a teacup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 2, 1973 | 4/2/1973 | See Source »

...this thing breaks," muttered Jackie Gleason, gingerly hoisting his 225-Ib. bulk up a ladder, "the whole joint closes." On the rooftop of his "weird castle," Gleason clinked a teacup against beer cans held by construction workers and admired the traditional "topping-out" tree, signifying that exterior construction had been completed on his dream house near Fort Lauderdale. "We'll never get in before Christmas," he sighed. It will be worth the wait. Sprawling over five levels, Gleason's house has 14 rooms, "at least" five bars, and a price tag of $500,000. There are only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 6, 1971 | 9/6/1971 | See Source »

Holmes put down his teacup, filled his pipe with shag and commenced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Adventure of the Misplaced Pastiche | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

...Sacrilege! Infamy! Libel!" I slashed the teacup to the floor. "Good grief, Holmes! Even during those lonely days in Afghanistan, I never so much as glanced at a subaltern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Adventure of the Misplaced Pastiche | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

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