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sugar basin

noun

, British.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar basin1

First recorded in 1850–55

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Example Sentences

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.

The ants climbed up the wall to the ceiling, exactly perpendicularly over the sugar-basin.

Casting the handle of a sugar basin for John Hancock, he seriously burns his right hand.

I did not know this until I observed that every time the sugar-basin came to the table it was empty.

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