kneading-trough

May all the corn-bins be full and the mass of dough always overflow the kneading-trough.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

She had just begun to mix the dough in a huge kneading-trough when suddenly the trough sprang up.

St John's Eve 2003

The room on the ground-floor, the only one in the dwelling, had at its farther end, against the wall, a large bed without curtains, while a kneading-trough took up the side by the window, one pane of which was mended with a piece of blue paper.

Madame Bovary 2003

The maiden showed no surprise at receiving such an order, but merely asked for some flour, salt, and water, and also that she might be left alone in a little room adjoining the oven, where the kneading-trough stood.

The Green Fairy Book 2003

Our hoes and our grindstones passed from us long ago, when the ploughman and the miller took our place; but for a time we kept fast possession of the kneading-trough and the brewing-vat.

Woman and Labour 2003

Cleonymus never had a kneading-trough; he used a round mortar for the purpose.

The Clouds 2000

I will not return an obolus to anyone who says him instead of her for a kneading-trough.

The Clouds 2000

But truly it makes me sad, for I do pity a poor simpleton who says him for a kneading-trough

The Clouds 2000

[He goes indoors and returns immediately with a kneading-trough.]

The Clouds 2000

That's splendid! for that lesson bring out your kneading-trough and I will fill him with flour to the brim.

The Clouds 2000