crockery
[krok-uh-ree]
- crocks collectively; earthenware.
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Origin of crockery
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Contemporary Examples of crockery
He also could be maddening to work with, dominating any situation and breaking a lot of crockery in the process.
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January 19, 2012
Historical Examples of crockery
The clatter of crockery did not cease in the adjoining room.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Six of them returned with cargoes of crockery, bar iron, pig iron, and salt.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
They come in useful as plates, as our crockery is generally short.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
The mirrors and the crockery sparkled from baths of hot water and soap.
Keziah CoffinJoseph C. Lincoln
The crockery was heterogeneous, and was slumped under colour-headings.
crockery
- china dishes, earthen vessels, etc, collectively
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