Lowestoft
[lohs-tawft, -toft, -tuh f]
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noun
a seaport in NE Suffolk, in E England: famous for a type of china.
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Contemporary Examples of lowestoft
He visited the fishing port of Lowestoft, and then walked down the coast to Southwold.
Historical Examples of lowestoft
Rotterdam, where Lowestoft ware was stored, was the seat of an immense commerce between Holland and China.
Colonial Homes and Their FurnishingsMary H. Northend
He certainly had been foolish to bring her to Lowestoft, and the close neighbourhood of Carbury Manor;—and now he felt his folly.
The Way We Live NowAnthony Trollope
Yarmouth Roads receded into the morrow; Lowestoft (if the chief could crack her up to thirteen) was possible, but unlikely.
Merchantmen-at-ArmsDavid W. Bone
Thence summoned to a command in the Dutch War, he was mortally wounded at Lowestoft.
It is a style of decoration which was done at Lowestoft, and also in China.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876Charles Wyllys Elliott
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