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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An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

"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 States|Work 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 States|Work 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 Years|Edmund Lester Pearson
Add a cup of water, and, when cold, put it in a bottle or fruit-jar.
Health on the Farm|H. 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 Experiment|Thomas M. St. John