gallipot
a small glazed pot used by apothecaries for medicines, confections, or the like.
Origin of gallipot
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How to use gallipot in a sentence
It came in a vast, thick mug, like a gallipot with a handle.
Doctor gallipot placing his Fortune at the feet of his Mistress.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. Second Volume | Joseph GregoIt was enclosed in a gallipot, and was what I believe they called an electuary.
The House by the Church-Yard | J. Sheridan Le FanuThere was an old gallipot or two, and there was a broken bottle or so, and there were some broken boxes for seats.
The Uncommercial Traveller | Charles DickensIn the first place, the little gallipot of a boat that we were in was gravely overloaded.
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for gallipot (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɡælɪˌpɒt) /
a small earthenware pot used by pharmacists as a container for ointments, etc
Origin of gallipot
1British Dictionary definitions for gallipot (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɡælɪˌpɒt) /
a variant spelling of galipot
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