1897 ‘H. S. Merriman’ xxv. 281 Vincente was writing at the table... He smiled as he shook the small sand-castor over the paper.
1924 A. E. W. Mason xiii. 153 Pen-tray, candlestick, sand-castor and all were of the pink Battersea enamel.
1940 R. Graves 206 The chest was filled with pens, ink, paper, sand-castors.