OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22165

punnet

/ˈpʌnɪt/
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canastilla
A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
Another type of splint basket, called a punnet, was used in the strawberry trade of New York City between 1815 and 1850.[…]Punnets and pottles found little favor except in the vici…
Thus, according to the same Year-Book, a sea-kale punnet measures 8 in. in diameter at the top and 7½ in. at the bottom, being 2 in. deep, while a radish punnet is 8 in. in diamete…
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