finger bowl
Definitions
A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses.
Examples
“In the cut-glass age, when young ladies had persuaded young men with long, curly mustaches to marry⟳ them, they sat down several months afterward and wrote thank-you notes for all sorts of cut-glass presents—punch bowls, finger-bowls, dinner-glasses, wine-glasses, ice-cream dishes, bonbon dishes, decanters, and vases[…]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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