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cool cup
a plastic cup containing frozen cordial. Often sold at the school tuckshop: I've got ten cents to buy a cool cup.
Contributor's comments: Called Cold cups at this school [near Townsville]. If sold for 10c, suggest Tuckshop going broke.
Contributor's comments: They cost 40 cents at my school [Casino, NSW], they used to be 50 cents, but they moved it down 10 cents.
Contributor's comments: Cool cup or cold cup were both used when I was going through school in Townsville.
Contributor's comments: These were known as Big Licks in Western Qld during 1960s and 1970s.