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  • noun Plural form of punchbowl.

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Examples

  • Bernanke doesn't know punching bags from punchbowls.

    Economic Consequences Of Stealth Dollar Devaluation Martin T. Sosnoff 2010

  • This year, the Feria Maestros del Arte will showcase a dazzling array of handicrafts, such as pottery crafted in the barro bruñido and petatillo styles, distinctive cocuchas (clay pots) and pineapple punchbowls from Michoacán, and one-of-a-kind, pre-Hispanic reproductions authorized by Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History).

    Chapala's Feria Maestros del Arte: guardians of the folk art tradition 2008

  • This year, the Feria Maestros del Arte will showcase a dazzling array of handicrafts, such as pottery crafted in the barro bruñido and petatillo styles, distinctive cocuchas (clay pots) and pineapple punchbowls from Michoacán, and one-of-a-kind, pre-Hispanic reproductions authorized by Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History).

    Chapala's Feria Maestros del Arte: guardians of the folk art tradition 2008

  • But stop! here comes in the punchbowls; and if we are not happy, who is?

    Burlesques 2006

  • But stop! here comes in the punchbowls; and if we are not happy, who is?

    Cox's Diary 2006

  • Sometimes they are polished with soapstone and sand, till they shine within like silver punchbowls.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • In the cen-ter of the floor was a table supporting two cut - glass punchbowls, one vast and grand, the other smaller and plainer.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Roland, hoping his face did not give away the fact that his heart was pounding like a hammer, was led directly to this group, which stood close to the punchbowls.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • He turned to the punchbowls and reached for the ladle in the larger and more ornate of the two, waving off the attendant, clearly wanting to honor them by serving them himself.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • There were two other punchbowls of silver, with small matching cups—both bowls large enough for a child to bathe in.

    Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 1979

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