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Definition of Finger bowl
1. Noun. Small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table.
Definition of Finger bowl
1. Noun. A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a fancy dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finger Bowl
Literary usage of Finger bowl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer (1915)
"In this case the finger bowl and plate are exchanged for the plate of the dessert
... Then the finger bowl and doily are set aside as at breakfast and the ..."
2. School and Home Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer (1920)
"The finger bowl and doily should be removed to the left so that the same ...
In this case the finger bowl and plate are exchanged for the plate of the ..."
3. Correct Social Usage: A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment by George Rippey Stewart (1906)
"The porcelain plate is to receive the dessert, and tbe crystal plate and doily
serve only as a sort of base and finish to the finger bowl. ..."
4. Hotel Meat Cooking: Comprising Hotel and Restaurant Fish and Oyster Cooking ...by Jessup Whitehead by Jessup Whitehead (1901)
"The use of the finger bowl is also a subject of much importance to the bon tun guest
... The custom of drinking out of the finger bowl though not entirely ..."
5. The Etiquette of New York To-day by Ellin Craven Learned (1906)
"finger-bowl and plate, a carafe of iced water, a plate of rolls or bread; ...
A tiny doily is under each finger-bowl. The finger-bowls are less than half ..."
6. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"Dessert bulletin) plate, dessert spoon and finger bowl. ... Serve on cracked ice
In bread tray; dessert plate, orange spoon, finger bowl. ..."
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