queen's ware
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of queen's ware
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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The shelves are not only shining with pewter and queen’s ware, but some articles in silver, more ponderous, it is true, than elegant.
From Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft
Dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, hardware, queen's ware, and so forth, and so forth.
From A Boy's Town by William Dean Howells
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