sauceboxn.

Brit.

/ˈsɔːsbɒks/, U.S.

/ˈsɔsˌbɑks/,

/ˈsɑsˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sauce n., box n.²

Etymology: < sauce n. (compare sense 7 at that entry) + box n.² Compare earlier saucy adj.¹, and also later saucepot n. 2, sass-box n. at sass n. Compounds.

colloquial.

An impudent, impertinent, or cheeky person; a person who is liable to make presumptuous or impertinent remarks. Cf. sauce n. 7, saucy adj.¹ 1a.Often as a form of address (sometimes with prefixed title).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person > in speech

vauntparlera1529

saucebox1588

cheeker1840

saucepot1890

smart mouth1966

jay-

1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 5 Why sawceboxes must you be pratling?

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 34 For which, Sir Sawce-box, dost thou see, Since thou'lt make Men, Il'l unmake thee.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xv. 29 And so I am to be exposed, am I, said he.., to the whole World, by such a Sawcebox as you?

1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. 121 She's a goosecap, you know, and a romp, and a saucebox.

1908 Rock Island (Illinois) Argus 1 Apr. 7/2 The sassy little letter you wrote yesterday? Didn't pay any attention to it, saucebox!

2011 Daily Tel. (National ed.) (Nexis) 15 Jan. 26 Ooh, go and wash your mouth out for a filthy malediction, you sexist saucebox.

Compounds

General use as a modifier, esp. with the sense ‘typical or characteristic of a saucebox; impudent, impertinent’, as in saucebox remark, etc.The following quotation, included by O.E.D. Suppl. (1982), from C. E. Pearce Madame Vestris & her Times (1923) xi. 116 purports to be from a newspaper review of an 1825 theatrical production, but it has not been possible to verify this: 'We thought the stamping sort of sauce-box air with which she marched away to the tune of the ‘Dashing White Sergeant’ was too much in keeping with her notorious male-attire exhibitions.'

ΚΠ

1913 Atlantic Monthly July 28/1 He had a saucebox remark for every one, poking his fun at each in his most charming manner.

1969 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley Only Matter of Time 89 He hadn't used ‘camp’ for several weeks—not since his sauce-box notice of Idomeneo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	saucebox
释义	sauceboxn. Brit. /ˈsɔːsbɒks/, U.S. /ˈsɔsˌbɑks/, /ˈsɑsˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sauce n., box n.² Etymology: < sauce n. (compare sense 7 at that entry) + box n.² Compare earlier saucy adj.¹, and also later saucepot n. 2, sass-box n. at sass n. Compounds. colloquial. An impudent, impertinent, or cheeky person; a person who is liable to make presumptuous or impertinent remarks. Cf. sauce n. 7, saucy adj.¹ 1a.Often as a form of address (sometimes with prefixed title). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person > in speech vauntparlera1529 saucebox1588 cheeker1840 saucepot1890 smart mouth1966 jay- 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 5 Why sawceboxes must you be pratling? 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 34 For which, Sir Sawce-box, dost thou see, Since thou'lt make Men, Il'l unmake thee. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xv. 29 And so I am to be exposed, am I, said he.., to the whole World, by such a Sawcebox as you? 1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. 121 She's a goosecap, you know, and a romp, and a saucebox. 1908 Rock Island (Illinois) Argus 1 Apr. 7/2 The sassy little letter you wrote yesterday? Didn't pay any attention to it, saucebox! 2011 Daily Tel. (National ed.) (Nexis) 15 Jan. 26 Ooh, go and wash your mouth out for a filthy malediction, you sexist saucebox. Compounds General use as a modifier, esp. with the sense ‘typical or characteristic of a saucebox; impudent, impertinent’, as in saucebox remark, etc.The following quotation, included by O.E.D. Suppl. (1982), from C. E. Pearce Madame Vestris & her Times (1923) xi. 116 purports to be from a newspaper review of an 1825 theatrical production, but it has not been possible to verify this: 'We thought the stamping sort of sauce-box air with which she marched away to the tune of the ‘Dashing White Sergeant’ was too much in keeping with her notorious male-attire exhibitions.' ΚΠ 1913 Atlantic Monthly July 28/1 He had a saucebox remark for every one, poking his fun at each in his most charming manner. 1969 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley Only Matter of Time 89 He hadn't used ‘camp’ for several weeks—not since his sauce-box notice of Idomeneo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1588
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