ginger jar

American  

noun

1. a Chinese ceramic jar having a wide mouth, a globular body, and a dome-shaped cover.

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Etymology

Origin of ginger jar

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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ginger jar

Gibson, whose line of boldly patterned ginger jar lamps and tole trays tends toward the traditional, still likes a little boho style in her country picnics.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2016

My father unwrapped the package and took out a very large ginger jar.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

Then how could a yellow ginger jar turn everything inside me upside down?

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

Billy," she said, "before we touch the ginger jar it will have to cost twenty dollars a ton.

From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William

With the first basket I brought home, I said, "I see where you'll have to dig down into the ginger jar this winter, little woman."

From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William