saucebox
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of saucebox
Example Sentences
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‘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
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
Oh, what a bad runner!' echoed my saucebox.
From Our Village by Mitford, Mary Russell
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