saucebox

[ saws-boks ]

noun

, Informal: Older Use.

1. a saucy person.

saucebox

/ ˈsɔːsˌbɒks /

noun

1. informal.
   a saucy person

Word History and Origins

Origin of saucebox¹

First recorded in 1580–90; sauce + box ¹

Example Sentences

The teacher licked her lips, revealing a hint of the saucebox we would later come to know.

From Literature

So Sept agreed to continue the conversation down the street at Saucebox, a cocktail bar.

From Salon

She loses her job designing hats because she’s a “saucebox” who riles some of her boss’s customers; she’s falling in love but has to keep it secret; she grapples with her work as maid to a fickle and fretful Southern belle who’s been a lifetime frenemy; she’s gradually uncovering the secrets connected with her own past.

From New York Times

‘I said a clever metalworker and you came back with this boy... this saucebox, who couldn’t do the work anyway, because he ...’ Johnny waited grimly for her to finish her sentence.

From Literature

‘Now, you saucebox, you hold that tongue of yours. You’re not to go hanging ’round Cilia—giving her presents—and dear knows how you got the money.

From Literature