saucebox

[ saws-boks ]
/ ˈsɔsˌbɒks /
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noun Informal: Older Use.

a saucy person.

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Origin of saucebox

First recorded in 1580–90; sauce + box1

Words nearby saucebox

sauce boat, sauce espagnole, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, what's, sauce suprême, sauceboat, saucebox, sauced, saucepan, saucepot, saucer, saucer dome
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Words related to saucebox

know-it-all, malapert, smarty, swellhead, wise-ass, smart-ass, wisenheimer, witling

Example sentences from the Web for saucebox

  • 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.

    The Journal to Stella|Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for saucebox

saucebox
/ (ˈsɔːsˌbɒks) /

noun

informal a saucy person
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