saucebox
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of saucebox
Example Sentences
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‘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 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
"You're an insolent saucebox," says Jemmy; "you've learned that at your fine school."
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Out, out with you, you saucebox, you interloper!" she screamed; and she dashed at him and pecked him till he beat a speedy retreat.
From The Nursery, No. 103, July, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various
"Look at her Laura-ship!" said a saucebox to her partner.
From The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
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