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• a variation of galipot.

gallipot

American  

[gal-uh-pot] / ˈgæl əˌpɒt /

noun

1. a small glazed pot used by apothecaries for medicines, confections, or the like.

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gallipot ¹ British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌpɒt /

noun

1. a small earthenware pot used by pharmacists as a container for ointments, etc

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gallipot ² British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌpɒt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of galipot

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Etymology

Origin of gallipot

First recorded in 1425–75, gallipot is from late Middle English galy pott. See galley, pot ¹

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Example Sentences

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gallipot

The old chemist looked up over his spectacles, held for an instant a gallipot suspended between finger and thumb, and set it down with nice judgment.

From True Tilda by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

There was an old gallipot or two, and there was a broken bottle or so, and there were some broken boxes for seats. 

From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens

And she sped away, bringing back an old gallipot, which she filled, and held to the child's lips.

From Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

I don't believe in your new-fangled ways and new-fangled ideas—in and out like a frog in a gallipot.

From Women in Love by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Dr. Smith proved to be one fly in the Academy gallipot.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

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