spill vase

noun

spill vase

noun

1

A small vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire.

“Then, all the time, it was in the spill vase in Mrs. Inglethorp’s bedroom, under our very noses?” I cried.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 183:

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