1836 C. Dickens (1837) xvi. 160 There's nothin' so refreshin' as sleep, Sir, as the servant-girl said afore she drank the egg-cup-full o' laudanum.
1871 I. 263 We drank all but boiling coffee at half a piastre an egg-cupful.
1905 H. G. Wells i. v. 88 An egg-cupful of brandy.
1962 E. O'Brien xix. 237 Egg-cupfuls of Joanna's home-made Advocaat.