gravy boat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gravy boat
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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You might also realize you don’t have a crucial piece: Gluck once had to call her mom to bring a gravy boat.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021
Yams or mashed potatoes will cozy up to a gravy boat filled to the brim, and vegetables will run the gamut from simple greens to elaborate gratins.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021
"Everyone would make sure my grandad Eric didn't get hold of the gravy boat first, because there wouldn't be any left for the rest of the family," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2021
In one episode of Antiques Road Trip, auctioneer Philip Serrell likens an olden-times urination device to a gravy boat; this one echoes that tradition.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020
Soup spoons, gravy boat, butter knives, salad forks and carving platter were additions to my vocabulary and in fact almost represented a new language.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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