punch bowl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of punch bowl
First recorded in 1685–95
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Martin would later coin the phrase that it was the Fed’s job to “take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Brass angel candlesticks scored for $2 apiece at a Palo Alto garage sale flank a silver-plated punch bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
Though Blue Owl has three lines of business, private credit—specifically direct lending in private-equity deals—is the firm’s calling card and growth engine, and the straw that’s stirring Wall Street’s punch bowl lately.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
Crypto had no insulation from one bad actor in the market peeing in the punch bowl.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
He was thinking about his friends back in his neighborhood, all of them gathered around the punch bowl.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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