delf
Americannoun
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British. in some dialects, a pit, trench, or ditch.
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British. in Northern England, a small mine or quarry.
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Heraldry. a device, conventionally in the form of a plain square, that represents a shovelful of turf. Compare billet.
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And what did he carry away but straw and broken delf?
From The Green Helmet and Other Poems by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
"If ye stand there affrontin' our poor oul delf all night we won't haave aany tea at all!"
From My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Irvine, Alexander
I'm sure he looked it, but nobody knew; She cleaned the china, she cleaned the delf, She cleaned the baby, she cleaned herself!
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
The service was entirely of blue and white delf china, and the quaint candelabra, of like material, were decorated with crimped paper candle shades repeating the same colors.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
I'm sure we had before our eyes at different times every bit of china, delf, glass, and plate in the establishment.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
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