Dribble glass

An advert for a dribble glass from a 1948 comic book: "Make your drinking friends drool!"

A dribble glass is a drinking glass that has holes hidden in its etched design.^[1]

The purpose of a dribble glass is for pranks. When a person tilts the glass to take a drink from this glass, they will end up spilling the liquid on their clothing as the drink trickles through the holes.^[2]

In ancient Greece, sculptors created so-called "dirty trick vases" that featured a small rectangular hole in the foot of the vase.^[3]

See also

• Fuddling cup
• List of practical joke topics
• Puzzle jug
• Pythagorean cup

References

1. Hargrave, J. (2011). Sir John Hargrave's Mischief Maker's Manual. Penguin Young Readers Group. pp. 115–118. ISBN 978-1-101-48602-3. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
2. Soule, Gardner (January 1955). "Fun's Henry Ford is Still Inventing". Popular Science. 166 (1): 123. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
3. Vickers, Michael (1975-07-01). "A Dirty Trick Vase". American Journal of Archaeology. 79 (3): 282. doi:10.2307/503485. ISSN 0002-9114. JSTOR 503485. S2CID 191406310.

Further reading

• Newgarden, M. (2004). Cheap laffs: the art of the novelty item. H.N. Abrams. p. 34. ISBN 9780810955998. Retrieved February 6, 2019.