Definition of "cream-jug" []

• A small jug or pitcher for holding cream at table. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "One night the late Mr. Sadleir took tea in that dining-room, and, to the surprise of his butler, went out, having put into his pocket his own cream-jug."
• "The next morning, you know, he was found dead on Hampstead Heath, with the cream-jug lying by him, into which he had poured the poison by which he died."
• "He empties that cream-jug and puts it in his pocket; and then he opens yonder door, through which he is never to pass again."