sugar basin

sugar bowl.

Origin of sugar basin

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