ginger-jar

The large basket has a traditional ginger-jar shape, with the horizontal, curved lines made of dark grass and the vertical a natural beige.

Basket maker Mary Jackson among artists included in African Art Museum show 2010

Three gold watches wrapped in silk handkerchiefs were stuffed into a ginger-jar.

Tropic Days 2003

"Did you keep it in a ginger-jar, Mother?" put in Larry, with a chuckle.

Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry

When she came in again from the hall he saw with delight that she had put on her hat and coat in the dark, and, though she went to the mantelpiece, it was not to revise the rough draft of her dressing at the glass, but to fish some money out of a ginger-jar.

The Judge Rebecca West 1937

I liked the shape, but the boys laughed at it as they did at my buirushes in a ginger-jar over there.

Jack And Jill Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1902

He thrust his hand down into a blue ginger-jar for a piece of dried orange-skin and bit at it as if to steady his lips.

The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

He thrust a trembling hand down into the blue ginger-jar for some orange - skin.

The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

Then he threw away another barely lighted cigar, put his hand into the blue ginger-jar for some orange-skin, and looked closely at his son; his agitation had quite disappeared.

The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

Three gold watches wrapped in silk handkerchiefs were stuffed into a ginger-jar.

Tropic Days 1887

This educational move was scouted and flouted, and the fact pointed to that there was not enough money in the ginger-jar to keep him at

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Elbert Hubbard 1885