punch bowl

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noun

a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.

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Nearby words

punan, puncak jaya, punce, punch, punch biopsy, punch bowl, punch card, punch graft, punch in, punch line, punch list

Origin of punch bowl

First recorded in 1685–95

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Examples from the Web for punch-bowl

For two long hours have we deliberated and found nothing, and it needed the punch-bowl to give me an idea!
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay
Count Engelhart sat motionless behind the punch-bowl, smoking his great meerschaum pipe.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 421, November 1850|Various
Then, seizing a glass and filling it from the punch-bowl, 'Here's your health once more, my lady.
The Castle Inn|Stanley John Weyman
The day was celebrated by a better dinner, with coffee afterwards and a punch-bowl in the evening.
Farthest North|Fridtjof Nansen

It was large, almost large enough for a punch-bowl, and had probably been used for one.
Jerome, A Poor Man|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman