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- noun A plate about 9½ inches in diameter.
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chained_bear commented on the word twiffler
"In 1848, a letter written by a pottery manufacturer to his agent described a shipment of light-blue printed dinnerware, which included twelve dozen flat plates (ten-inch dinner plates), twelve dozen soup plates, eight dozen 'twifflers' (smaller plates, about eight inches in diameter), six dozen 'muffins' (plates smaller yet, between four inches and seven inches in diameter), twety-four hot-water plates and stoppers (plates similar to a modern child's feeding dish, with a receptacle for hot water to keep food warm), two root dishes (probably open serving bowls), four 'cover dishes' (covered serving bowls), eighteen 'dishes' (this term was used for platters) in seven different sizes...."
—Susan Williams, Savory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts: Dining in Victorian America (New York: Pantheon Books, 1985), 80
April 13, 2010