punnet
a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
Origin of punnet
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How to use punnet in a sentence
Forty or fifty years ago a punnet or two of the attractive vivid scarlet fruit might be seen in season at Covent Garden Market.
The Khedive's Country | George Manville FennPrime fruit ought to be scarce and dear, picked careful, and kept in the punnet.
He had, it appeared, talked to Lady punnet about private theatricals!
Kipps | H. G. WellsYour gardener said to me this morning: 'I'll pick a "punnet" of strawberries to-day.'
His Lordship's Leopard | David Dwight WellsIncidentally he alluded quite familiarly to men with military titles, and once even to someone with a title, a Lady punnet.
Kipps | H. G. Wells
British Dictionary definitions for punnet
/ (ˈpʌnɪt) /
mainly British a small basket for fruit, such as strawberries
Origin of punnet
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