saucebox

[ saws-boks ]
/ ˈsɔsˌbɒks /
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noun Informal: Older Use.

a saucy person.

Origin of saucebox

First recorded in 1580–90; sauce + box1

Words nearby saucebox

sauce boat, sauce espagnole, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, what's, sauce suprême, sauceboat, saucebox, sauced, saucepan, saucepot, saucer, saucer dome

Words related to saucebox

know-it-all, malapert, smarty, swellhead, wise-ass, smart-ass, wisenheimer, witling

Example sentences from the Web for saucebox

  • I had your letter this night, as told you just and no more in my last; for this must be taken up in answering yours, saucebox.

    The Journal to Stella |Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for saucebox

saucebox
/ (ˈsɔːsˌbɒks) /

noun

informal a saucy person