saucebox

American  

[saws-boks] / ˈsɔsˌbɒks /

noun

Informal: Older Use.

1. a saucy person.

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saucebox British  

/ ˈsɔːsˌbɒks /

noun

1. informal a saucy person

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Etymology

Origin of saucebox

First recorded in 1580–90; sauce + box ¹

Example Sentences

‘I said a clever metalworker and you came back with this boy... this saucebox, who couldn’t do the work anyway, because he ...’ Johnny waited grimly for her to finish her sentence.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

‘Now, you saucebox, you hold that tongue of yours. You’re not to go hanging ’round Cilia—giving her presents—and dear knows how you got the money.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

I had your letter this night, as told you just and no more in my last; for this must be taken up in answering yours, saucebox.

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan

"There is only one voice of fault-finding and regret over this incredible weakness of Herr Dernburg, for----" "What do you know about it, saucebox?" continued the doctor.

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

Oh, what a bad runner!' echoed my saucebox.

From Our Village by Mitford, Mary Russell