porcelain clay
Britishnoun
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A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
As Father Dryden would say, 'this is the porcelain clay of humankind.'
From What Answer? by Dickinson, Anna E.
Ay; these look like the workmanship of heaven; This is the porcelain clay of human kind, And therefore cast into these noble moulds.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Real china ones are made of porcelain clay, and baked like chinaware or other pottery.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various
Ka-o-lin is the name given by the Chinese to their porcelain clay, and pe-tun-tse to the other ingredient in their China ware.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus
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