sugar basin
Origin of sugar basin
1First recorded in 1850–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use sugar basin in a sentence
A third time she came in with the sugar basin and cups; then she departed to heat the water.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. | Guy de MaupassantI obtained a large plateful of the weed and emptied the sugar basin and cream jug over it.
Happy Days | Alan Alexander MilneThe ants climbed up the wall to the ceiling, exactly perpendicularly over the sugar-basin.
The Insect World | Louis FiguierCasting the handle of a sugar basin for John Hancock, he seriously burns his right hand.
Mr. Wicker's Window | Carley DawsonI did not know this until I observed that every time the sugar-basin came to the table it was empty.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David Livingstone
Browse