punnet

[ puhn-it ]

noun

, British, Australian.

1. a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.

punnet

/ ˈpʌnɪt /

noun

1. a small basket for fruit, such as strawberries

Word History and Origins

Origin of punnet¹

First recorded in 1815–25; origin obscure

Word History and Origins

Origin of punnet¹

C19: perhaps diminutive of dialect pun pound ²

Example Sentences

Forty or fifty years ago a punnet or two of the attractive vivid scarlet fruit might be seen in season at Covent Garden Market.

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Prime fruit ought to be scarce and dear, picked careful, and kept in the punnet.

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He had, it appeared, talked to Lady Punnet about private theatricals!

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Your gardener said to me this morning: 'I'll pick a "punnet" of strawberries to-day.'

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Incidentally he alluded quite familiarly to men with military titles, and once even to someone with a title, a Lady Punnet.

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