fruit jar
- a glass jar for preserving fruit or vegetables, usually holding one pint or one quart and having an airtight cap.
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Origin of fruit jar
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Add a cup of water, and, when cold, put it in a bottle or fruit-jar.
Health on the FarmH. F. Harris
A large chimney, or fruit-jar, may be used to surround the leaves, and to keep currents of air from them.
The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by ExperimentThomas M. St. John
"I sho got plenty chancet to worry ifen I wants to," she mused, as she sipped water from a fruit-jar foul with fingermarks.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United StatesWork Projects Administration
Mama Duck pushed the dog away from a cracked pitcher on the floor and refilled her fruit-jar.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United StatesWork Projects Administration
He was instantly in the fruit-jar, where he seemed perfectly contented, sailing and diving as if he were on the pond.
The Believing YearsEdmund Lester Pearson