saltcellar

• The saltcellar was antique, probably worth a considerable sum. —  The Crime at Black Dudley - Margery Allingham - Campion 01 - 1929
• Her hand slipped and with an awkward jerk her elbow caught the saltcellar, knocking it to the grass beneath the table. —  THE WIDOW’S KISS
• And she had no love for the sea specially, regarding all winds as nuisances excepting such as had been raised by her own efforts, and thinking that salt from a saltcellar was more convenient than that brought to her on the breezes. —  The Claverings
• She seemed unconscious that any being was in the chamber except herself, or that there were any other duties to perform in life beyond filling a saltcellar or folding a napkin She does not even look at us,' said Coningsby, when she had quitted the room; 'and I dare say is only a prude She is calm,' said the stranger, 'because she is mistress of her subject; 'tis the secret of self-possession. —  Coningsby
• He stopped at the door, and said, "Doctor, the saltcellar is by you. —  A Simpleton

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