presentoir
/prɪˈzɛntwɑː/(also présentoir, presentoire) historical
noun
In the 16th and 17th centuries: an item of decorative tableware, especially a serving knife or serving dish.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Frederick William Fairholt (d. 1866), artist and antiquary. Apparently from French présentoir from présenter + -oir.
- the ghost in the machine
- the gift of the gab
- the gift of tongues
- the glass is half-full (or half-empty)
- the gloves are off (or with the gloves off or take the gloves off)
- thegn
- the Goat
- the Godhead
- the Good Book
- the Good Shepherd
- the gory details
- the Graces
- the Grail
- the Grampians
- the Grand Manner
- the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence)
- the Great
- the great and the good
- the great Australian dream
- the Great Depression
- the Great Game
- the Great Mogul
- the (great) unwashed
- the green-eyed monster
- the Greensand