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cruet
[ kroo-it ]
noun
- a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
cruet
/ ˈkruːɪt /
noun
- a small container for holding pepper, salt, vinegar, oil, etc, at table
- a set of such containers, esp on a stand
- Christianity either of a pair of small containers for the wine and water used in the Eucharist
- See heada slang word for head
- do one's cruet slang.do one's cruet to be extremely angry; go into a rage
plural noun
- slang.the testicles
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Example Sentences
He was shedding tears copiously, and wiping them on a cruet-stand he carried in one hand.
There were little domesticities of intimate life about him, an empty soup-dish, a cruet-stand, a plate and a spoon.
Hang the pepper-box to his nose, nurse, then he will be a cruet.
This simple yet ingenious contrivance is far prettier than our somewhat vulgar cruet-stand.
A short time before he had calmly looked me in the face across the table, and pledged me in the vinegar-cruet, which he emptied.
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