Potteries
Americannoun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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Yellow by Keep It Local has shops in Stoke's Potteries Centre, and Warrington, Cheshire, and stock items from small businesses - with the majority of the money going back to them.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
In 1928, May Rindge began building a great family mansion, Laudamus Hill, with lavish appointments like carved mahogany doors and tile from her own Malibu Potteries.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
Other infrastructure has been scavenged from factories across the country once operated by companies including Hartstone Pottery, Haeger Potteries and Lenox.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022
It looked like being one of those nights in the Potteries when Michael O'Neill's men outplayed the visitors but could not find a way through.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2021
At Wolstanton in the Potteries there was a somewhat fussy verger called Oakes.
From Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How by How, Frederick Douglas
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