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Examples of finger bowl in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Drizzle with any remaining oil and serve at once, providing empty bowls for the leaves and finger bowls and napkins.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
One such rule was the use of the individual finger bowl.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
First things first: How many out there have ever eaten a meal with a finger bowl present?
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
Toward the end of dinner, finger bowls were placed on the table.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Sep. 2023
Victoria — possessed of outstanding manners — picked up her own finger bowl and duly drank from it: so that her guest would be none the wiser.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Sep. 2023
Greg Allman came to one dinner with his then wife, Cher, who mistook a finger bowl for a drink and downed it.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Mind racing and reeling from a recent heartbreak, my experience began with a green-tea towel and a ceramic finger bowl of ginger-lemongrass tea.
—Caitlin Raux Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2023
Big bowls, little bowls, glass bowls, metal bowls, little itty-bitty finger bowls.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near finger bowl
Cite this Entry
“Finger bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finger%20bowl. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
finger bowl
noun
: a small bowl of water for rinsing the fingers at the table
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