sugar bowl

[ shoog-er bohl ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar bowl¹

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

Example Sentences

Thornsberry kicked open the front door and hurled a sugar bowl at the TV.

From The Daily Beast

Utah faces off with Alabama for the first time in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl.

From The Daily Beast

But at tea-time she almost relented when she saw Teddy look into the sugar-bowl, and turn away without taking a single lump.

From Project Gutenberg

But Buster Bumblebee did not find anything that really pleased him until he paused at a fat sugar-bowl.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Observing the child craning his neck to see the inscription on the sugar-bowl, she turned it towards him.

From Project Gutenberg

He wears his London frock coat and gloves; and his tall silk hat is on the table beside the sugar bowl.

From Project Gutenberg