cruet
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
Origin of cruet
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How to use cruet in a sentence
He was shedding tears copiously, and wiping them on a cruet-stand he carried in one hand.
Somehow Good | William de MorganThere were little domesticities of intimate life about him, an empty soup-dish, a cruet-stand, a plate and a spoon.
The Eternal City | Hall CaineHang the pepper-box to his nose, nurse, then he will be a cruet.
Funny Stories Told By The Soldiers | Carleton B. CaseThis simple yet ingenious contrivance is far prettier than our somewhat vulgar cruet-stand.
Household Organization | Florence CaddyA short time before he had calmly looked me in the face across the table, and pledged me in the vinegar-cruet, which he emptied.
My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum | Herman Charles Merivale
British Dictionary definitions for cruet
/ (ˈkruːɪt) /
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
Australian a slang word for head (def. 1)
do one's cruet Australian slang to be extremely angry; go into a rage
Australian slang the testicles
Origin of cruet
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