potter's clay

American  

noun

1. a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.

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Etymology

Origin of potter's clay

First recorded in 1610–20

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potter's clay

Nietzsche was the Marx of the right, the original culture warrior who believed that the future belongs to those with the courage to face the nihilism of the present and mold it like potter’s clay.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2018

Fresh masa has a thicker consistency, more like potter’s clay, and it smells like slightly fermented corn syrup, especially if it sits out for 24 hours before you use it.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2015

His arms, thin but strong, with the skin stretched by the tension of veins and tendons, were stained to the elbow by the red potter's clay.

From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

I've been nothing more than a bit of potter's clay, and the master potter—God help me!—is my own father!

From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde

The multitude stands between Destiny on the one side, and the Hero on the other; a sport to the first, and as potter's clay to the second.

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle by John Morley