sugar bowl

[ shoog-er bohl ]

noun

a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
Slang. the community of people who sugar date.

Origin of sugar bowl

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

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Thornsberry kicked open the front door and hurled a sugar bowl at the TV.
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Utah faces off with Alabama for the first time in the New Orleans sugar bowl.
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But at tea-time she almost relented when she saw Teddy look into the sugar-bowl, and turn away without taking a single lump.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | Various
But Buster Bumblebee did not find anything that really pleased him until he paused at a fat sugar-bowl.
The Tale of Buster Bumblebee | Arthur Scott Bailey
Quick as her movements were, Mary caught a smell of strong green tea, and the sight of a sugar bowl and a slice of white bread.
The English Orphans | Mary Jane Holmes

Observing the child craning his neck to see the inscription on the sugar-bowl, she turned it towards him.
The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
He wears his London frock coat and gloves; and his tall silk hat is on the table beside the sugar bowl.
You Never Can Tell | George Bernard Shaw

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