punch-bowl

"A strange wild place," he'd said, and talked of the Pindari bandits and Thugs and Maharatta scoundrels - well, I knew it had been hell's punch-bowl in the old days, but I'd thought since we'd annexed it that it must be quieter now.

Fiancée 2010

Honey, you can crap in my punch-bowl any day of the week.

Clinton-Backer James Blanchard: Honor The Michigan Primary In Full 2009

The chair in which he sat and the punch-bowl and ladle were always sacred, and are still treasured by her descendants.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

What I would have said today, had I been given a spot as designated punch-bowl crapper, is this: Drop the bullshit about "disenfranchising" Democrats in Florida and Michigan.

Clinton-Backer James Blanchard: Honor The Michigan Primary In Full 2009

Another bonus: Serving one special drink means you don't have to lay out a full bar -- and you can economize even more by buying the ingredients for your punch-bowl cocktail in bulk.

Hosting a Holiday Party on a Budget 2008

We will suppose the meal finished, a bottle of old and generous Antigua upon the table, and a modest little punch-bowl, judiciously replenished for the accommodation of the Doctor and his guest.

The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

‘Aye, and it was in as queer a way he got it; but I’ll say naething about that,’ said the provost, ‘for fear of forestalling his market; for ye are sure to hear it once at least, however oftener, before the punch-bowl gives place to the teapot. —

Redgauntlet 2008

They walked together to the bedchamber of Mrs. Crosbie, for it was in that asylum that the ladies of the period dispensed their tea, when the parlour was occupied by the punch-bowl.

Redgauntlet 2008

He then ordered wine to be poured into the punch-bowl.

Satyricon 2007

Charles Tucker, Esqs., conspired round a punch-bowl, and determined that Thomas Newcome should be requested to free his country.

The Newcomes 2006