ginger jar

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noun

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

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Origin of ginger jar

First recorded in 1880–85

“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.
5 Hangover Cures to Save You After a Few Too Many|DailyBurn|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, as she feared, The Bell Jar appeared to indifferent notices and the launch—which Ted attended—was rather low-key.
Ted Hughes’s Brother on Losing Sylvia Plath|Gerald Hughes|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Intercourse felt, often, like shoving a loofah into a mason jar,” she writes, for example.
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Ginger discrimination—particularly among boys—is a real problem, says artist Thomas Knights.
Redheads Are Sexy, Dammit!|Justin Jones|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The teasing is so common that is has been accepted as “the standard ginger bullying” by those who Knights has encountered.
Redheads Are Sexy, Dammit!|Justin Jones|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the jar threw my six-shooter where I couldn't reach it, and the carbine was jammed in the stirrup-leather on the wrong side.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
I dunno's I'd know when t' jar loose m'self, if I knowed her an' she didn't object t' me hangin' around.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Inside were twelve ginger cookies with scalloped edges, smelling faintly of cinnamon and sugar.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
That rare and curious being called I is more fragile than any porcelain jar.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
You've done a big thing to-day, and if you hadn't had more pluck and ginger than common, it's a cinch you'd have lost out.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews