Potteries
Americannoun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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The play is set in the Potteries and explores the lives of a group of female pottery workers determined to protect their cherished "Curl Friday" factory tradition.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
In 1928, May Rindge began building a great family mansion, Laudamus Hill, with lavish appointments like carved mahogany doors and tile from her own Malibu Potteries.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
Other infrastructure has been scavenged from factories across the country once operated by companies including Hartstone Pottery, Haeger Potteries and Lenox.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022
It looked like being one of those nights in the Potteries when Michael O'Neill's men outplayed the visitors but could not find a way through.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2021
Potteries are carried on just where they have been for ages, and the same clay is used which furnished the funeral urns of our ancestors.
From Iermola by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
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