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

‘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

"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

"Is she so, saucebox?" says the sister, giving him a box on the ear; which the father would probably have resented, had not Joseph, Fanny, and the pedlar at that instant returned together.

From Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 by Fielding, Henry

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

From Our Village by Mitford, Mary Russell