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bone china

American  

noun

  1. a fine, naturally white china made with bone ash.


bone china British  

noun

  1. porcelain containing bone ash

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bone china

First recorded in 1900–05

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The fine bone china has been made in Stoke-on-Trent by the Royal Collection Trust.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2023

It was a Pan Am ticket in a bone china cup, with flavors that included French-style Café Au Lait, Swiss Mocha and Café Vienna.

From Washington Post Aug. 21, 2022

Mom will think of you every time she sips from this fine bone china astrological tea cup from Spitfire Girl.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2022

And it’s likely that this is the first time a boombox has been rendered on bone china.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2022

But next to me at the head of the yardstick was a miniature chair of English bone china, white with hand-painted rosebuds.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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