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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

Example Sentences

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gallipot

Mrs. King had hurried down-stairs, and at the threshold stood a watery figure, holding out the gallipot.

From Friarswood Post Office by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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 Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Great hackney-coaches, sunk at the waist like those old gallipot boats of ours, went ploughing past through the mud of mid-road, with bepowdered footmen clinging behind and saucy coachmen perched in front.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

For years I have been but a gallipot for you experimentizers to rinse your experiments into, and now, in this livid skin, partake of the nature of my contents.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

He pretended to peer into another gallipot and then took off his spectacles to wipe them.

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)