Cups
Plates
Both words in one sentence
- They go around the table to reach fresh cups and, despite Alice's wonderings, when they get back to the start not only do they have more tea and dessert, but also more clean plates and cups.
Source: Improbable Food Budget -
The animated and/or comedy trope wherein a character has to pretty much dash madly around a room catching stacks of falling breakable dishes/plates/cups/mugs/lightbulbs/vases before they hit the floor and smash into a million pieces.
Source: Dish Dash -
The ones who can interact with the living world are capable of eating and drinking (but generally have to do so awkwardly so regular humans don't see floating cups and plates).
Source: Literature / Bone Street Rumba
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