cruet

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cruet, diminutive of Old French crue (“an earthen pot”), from Old Saxon krūka.

His purse, like an oil cruet. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
He threw the cruet in the dustbin--where I found it, along with other silver--for the sake of a burglary blind. — The wisdom of Father Brown, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
But I observe the waiter hovering uneasily about us while his colleagues pile up chairs and carry away the cruets. — Unnatural death, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers

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