sugar basin

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First recorded in 1850–55

The sugar-basin was full and there were enough lumps in it to last a fly of my size all his life.
Dick and His Cat and Other Tales|Various
The ants climbed up the wall to the ceiling, exactly perpendicularly over the sugar-basin.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier
"Dear Mr. Dacre, do let me relieve you of that task," she cried, her ribbons fluttering over the sugar-basin.
A Flat Iron for a Farthing|Juliana Horatia Ewing
A third time she came in with the sugar-basin and cups; then she departed to heat the water.
Pierre and Jean|Guy de Maupassant

A child will take a fly and introduce him to the sugar-basin.
The Vultures|Henry Seton Merriman