saucebox

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noun

A saucy, impudent or impertinent person.

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Meanings

nounsaucebox (plural sauceboxes)

plural sauceboxes

  1. colloquialA saucy, impudent or impertinent person.

    Grilla: You are too perstreperous, sauce-box.

    1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy, II.i
  2. colloquialThe mouth.

    “Shut your saucebox and get out of my sight,” Blade said.

    2015, Bec McMaster, Of Silk and Steam

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
jackanapesmalapert

Origin

From sauce + box.

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Cite this entry
APA

saucebox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saucebox

MLA

“saucebox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saucebox. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saucebox,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saucebox.

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