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: a bowl that is used for the serving of wassail
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Examples of wassail bowl in a Sentence
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The wassail bowl, full of roasted apples in sweet spiced cider or ale, was brought in at the end of the evening.
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The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook, Town & Country, 4 Nov. 2020
The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook, Town & Country, 4 Nov. 2020
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First Known Use
1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Wassail bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wassail%20bowl. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
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