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punchbowl

/ ˈpʌntʃˌbəʊl /

noun

  1. a large bowl for serving punch, lemonade, etc, usually with a ladle and often having small drinking glasses hooked around the rim
  2. a bowl-shaped depression in the land


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We caught the second band in that little punchbowl place about a mile this side of Zortolk's Old Fort.

Another fight took place at Punchbowl Hill, in the rear of Honolulu, lasting an hour, though with little loss.

Three sherds of a very large punchbowl are decorated in red and blue.

In the evening, about a dozen young people took a moonlight walk up Punchbowl, the extinct volcano just back of Honolulu.

“Ter-r-r-r-rattle,” and part of the big China punchbowl covered.

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