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queen's ware

American  
Or queensware

noun

  1. a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.


Etymology

Origin of queen's ware

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

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The shelves are not only shining with pewter and queen’s ware, but some articles in silver, more ponderous, it is true, than elegant. 

From Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Wollstonecraft, Mary

Dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, hardware, queen's ware, and so forth, and so forth.

From A Boy's Town by Howells, William Dean

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