crockery

To stave off death you’ll have to confront a witch who likes to replace her subjects’ heads with crockery, a Napoleon-like frog with a string of titles that proclaim his glory and a mountain-dwelling yeti named Betty.
‘Death’s Door’: A clever and fun Zelda homage|Christopher Byrd|July 30, 2021|Washington Post
The threat is more immediate in Manuela Viera Gallo’s jagged necklaces, made of broken crockery and other trashed household objects.
In the galleries: A painful, political take on the art of cruel shoes|Mark Jenkins|April 9, 2021|Washington Post
There's the "finale" we should be seeking after the broken crockery from the Tea Party tantrum is cleared away.
What Comes After the Tea Party?|David Frum|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He also could be maddening to work with, dominating any situation and breaking a lot of crockery in the process.
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s Blunt Style Unusual, But Effective on Libya|Eleanor Clift|January 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Some bits of broken crockery furnished his table, a board wedged against the rock.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
He drew loads of boards from the saw-mill, and loads of crockery from the various village stores.
David Fleming's Forgiveness|Margaret Murray Robertson
I was sawing up a few more sticks from the orchard, when the express man drove up with the beds, the crockery, and so on.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
It was in trying to grab something that she lost control, and fell, barge and all after her crockery into the sea.
The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley
Always an unruly fellow, and dangerous to trust among crockery.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. I. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for crockery

crockery

/ (ˈkrɒkərɪ) /

noun

china dishes, earthen vessels, etc, collectively

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