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  • As soon as Roy and Mr. Baker were seated, a colored waiter glided swiftly to their table and filled their glasses from a curiously shaped vessel, called a "caraffe," which looked something like a bottle or flask, with a very large body, and a very small neck.

    The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences Frank V. Webster

  • Lam Thuy Vo/The Wall Street Journal Butler Raymond Chiu sets the living room table with a bottle of red wine, a caraffe and a wine glass.

    Butlers for High Rollers 2010

  • Then, half suffocated, Vogotzine flung the paper on the floor; and, with eyes distended with horror, drawing the caraffe of kummel toward him, he half emptied it, drinking glass after glass to recover his self-control.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Lilian went first, and fell upon her knees with a sudden shriek, beholding the prone figure on the floor; the mother darted to her side, saw and partly understood, whipped out a vinaigrette, seized a caraffe of water, and applied those innocent restoratives at once.

    An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) David Christie Murray

  • On a small table was placed an elegantly cut caraffe of carnations of every variety of colour that you can possibly imagine.

    Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath Henry Venn Lansdown

  • Then he regarded the center table, on which stood the Venetian goblet, the caraffe, and the bottle filled with the medicine prescribed by Dr. Fallows.

    Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman

  • There came the faintest click in her voice, and she glanced toward the lemonade caraffe.

    The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson

  • And along with the cups, saucers and tea-pots, the waiter brought a miniature caraffe, which in times gone by contained the brandy that always accompanied an order of coffee.

    With Those Who Wait Frances Wilson Huard

  • His watching eyes saw her need, and he reached the caraffe and a glass, and poured out a draught.

    The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson

  • I cried; "pull yourself together!" and I poured out some water from a caraffe.

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

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