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

So Sept agreed to continue the conversation down the street at Saucebox, a cocktail bar.

From Salon

She loses her job designing hats because she’s a “saucebox” who riles some of her boss’s customers; she’s falling in love but has to keep it secret; she grapples with her work as maid to a fickle and fretful Southern belle who’s been a lifetime frenemy; she’s gradually uncovering the secrets connected with her own past.

From New York Times

‘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 Literature

‘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 Literature

"Have you so, Saucebox?" he said.

From Project Gutenberg