spill vase
English
Noun
spill vase (plural spill vases)
- (formerly) A small vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire.
- 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 183:
- “Then, all the time, it was in the spill vase in Mrs. Inglethorp’s bedroom, under our very noses?” I cried.