Dresden china

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noun

porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.

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Also called Dresden porcelain, Dresden ware, Meissen porcelain.

Origin of Dresden china

First recorded in 1725–35

Words nearby Dresden china

drepanid, drepanocyte, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytosis, Dresden, Dresden china, dress, dressage, dress circle, dress coat, dress code

How to use Dresden china in a sentence

In Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.
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He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding.
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In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by Mainland--or as it was then called, “Red”-- China.
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The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.
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At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
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Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
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I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.
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A serious insurrection occurred at Dresden, in Saxony, but was in a few days put down.
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The ships from China do not come, and it is with their merchandise that our ships must go to Nueva Spaña.
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Black Sheep was sent to the drawing-room and charged into a solid tea-table laden with china.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dresden china

Dresden china

noun

porcelain ware, esp delicate and elegantly decorative objects and figures of high quality, made at Meissen, near Dresden, since 1710

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