“Silverware”

Definition

Any competitive trophy. The collective word for everything a country or club can actually win, and the only measure some fans accept when judging whether a period of time was successful.

Origin

From the literal material. Major cups have been struck in silver for well over a century, so the metal became shorthand for the prize, and then for success itself.

Used in a sentence

“Poch has us playing some nice soccer, but will he ever win us some actual silverware?”