"mini-cup" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1994, Airstream - Issues 5-12, page 3",
          "text": "Getting on the racing circuit wasn't as difficult as some of the fire training that Brechl experienced. Brechl said, \" I went to a mini-cup race as a spectator in 1995, and was asked if I could substitute for one of the drivers. I had never raced a miniature-sized car before, but ended up beating the track champion. I've been racing ever since.\"",
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          "ref": "1997, West Virginia Libraries - Volumes 50-51",
          "text": "... library managed to get the library logo on a mini-cup race car driven by Shelly Morgan at the Ona Speedway",
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          "ref": "2017 June 16, Taylor DesOrmeau, “Dark Horse Brewing helps Michigan driver hit track again at MIS”, in Michigan Live",
          "text": "The 24-year-old competed in his first race at MIS in 2016 in the ARCA Racing Series, finishing 17th. His family sold all their dwarf cars, mini-cup cars and go-karts Baird raced in his young career to go after sponsorship to race in the series.",
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          "ref": "1986, Diamond's Economic Journal Industria - Volume 16, page 12",
          "text": "This mini-cup ramen is popular as a snack to be given to children between meals. It is also taken for the soup of a casual meal. The demand for the mini-cup is already 10% more than that of the regular cup.",
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          "ref": "1990, K. S. Subramanian, Govindaraja V. Iyengar, Kensaku Okamoto, Biological Trace Element Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives",
          "text": "The incident light beam was not blocked by the mini-cup, which also facilitates the addition of reagents such as matrix modifiers.",
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          "ref": "2003, V.C. Nielsen, J.H. Voorburg, P. L'Hermite, Odour and Ammonia Emissions from Livestock Farming, page 206",
          "text": "On both sampling occasions, the odour threshold concentration of exhaust air from the house fitted with mini-cup drinkers was substantially less than that from the house equipped with conventional 'bell' drinkers—see Fig. 1. The rationale for fitting mini-cup drinkers was that it was thought that the mini-cup drinkers would reduce water wastage and hence improve the litter conditions.",
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          "name": "Automobiles",
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          "ref": "1971 March, “Best Test In the West”, in MotorBoating, volume 127, number 3",
          "text": "After eliminations in four Southern California areas, the number one teams will race in early February in a mini-cup series.",
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          "ref": "2000 January-October, “Twelves in St. Maarten”, in Cruising World, volume 26, numbers 1-10, page 131",
          "text": "The pros will instruct you about your position before you set off for the race course in the waters off Phillipsburg for an exciting three-hour mini-cup regatta.",
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        "A race that is modeled after, but smaller than, the America's Cup."
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          "ref": "1990, K. S. Subramanian, Govindaraja V. Iyengar, Kensaku Okamoto, Biological Trace Element Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives",
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          "ref": "2000 January-October, “Twelves in St. Maarten”, in Cruising World, volume 26, numbers 1-10, page 131",
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