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

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saucebox

‘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

“No, saucebox, I don’t; but I mean to turn my knife-grinder’s wheel into a wheel of fortune; and with your help I will do so.”

From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Marryat, Frederick

"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)

The Marquis had just brought Cornelia into the oratory, and was saying to her: "My pretty saucebox, you are now in the oratory of the Prince of Anjou, brother of our well-beloved King Charles IX."

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne