ginger jar


noun
  1. a Chinese ceramic jar having a wide mouth, a globular body, and a dome-shaped cover.

Origin of ginger jar

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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How to use ginger jar in a sentence

  • On the Turkish scarf which drapes the mantel stands a ginger-jar full of yellow roses.

    A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories | Marian T. MacIntosh
  • I liked the shape, but the boys laughed at it as they did at my bulrushes in a ginger-jar over there.

    Jack and Jill | Louisa May Alcott
  • Once more he picked his brushes from the ginger-jar where in his despair he had thrust them.

  • Mr. Dusante now handed the ginger-jar to Mrs. Lecks, who immediately stepped towards Ruth and Lucille.

    The Dusantes | Frank R. Stockton
  • Mrs. Aleshine went into the house and soon reappeared, carrying the ginger-jar, which she presented to Mr. Dusante.

    The Dusantes | Frank R. Stockton