small plate

“The housekeeper returned with DeeDee’s Diet Coke, served over ice in a crystal tumbler on a small plate with a doily and a lacy cloth napkin.”

Ricochet

“Lemon;" etc.) (Rutland and Dowsett come forward to table for their tea, where they remain.) (Connie, glancing apprehensively across at her father and debating a moment, prepares a cup for him and a small plate with crackers, and hands them to Dowsett, who likewise betrays apprehensiveness.)”

THEFT

“Mr. Windberry, I know that, as a lady, I'm supposed to pretend to have the appetite of a bird and leave you the most" — she piled fully half the cakes on the small plate — "but I'm starving.”

Hero Come Back

“When he had poured the coffee, Eduardo hustled back to the kitchen and returned with a small plate holding half a dozen pastelitos.”

Dexter in the Dark