sugar basin


nounBritish.

Origin of sugar basin

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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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.

  • I obtained a large plateful of the weed and emptied the sugar basin and cream jug over it.

    Happy Days | Alan Alexander Milne
  • The ants climbed up the wall to the ceiling, exactly perpendicularly over the sugar-basin.

    The Insect World | Louis Figuier
  • Casting the handle of a sugar basin for John Hancock, he seriously burns his right hand.

    Mr. Wicker's Window | Carley Dawson
  • I did not know this until I observed that every time the sugar-basin came to the table it was empty.