Spode

[ spohd ]

/ spoʊd /

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china or porcelain manufactured by the Spodes or the firm they established.

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Also called Spode china.

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splurge, splutter, spluttery, Spock, spod, Spode, spodosol, spodumene, Spohr, spoil, spoilage

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Spode²

[ spohd ]

/ spoʊd /

noun

Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.

How to use Spode in a sentence

But Spode is a character from pure planet Wodehouse—just as much as Aunt Agatha or Gussy Fink-Nottle.
Can Fascism be Funny?|Douglas Murray|September 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Before that it had been the china warehouse of Messrs. Spode and Copeland.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
The first Josiah Spode had a factory here in 1784 for the production of earthenware.
The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods|William Chaffers
But Josiah Spode is best known as devoting considerable skill in the improvement of under-glaze blue-printing cream-ware.
Chats on Old Earthenware|Arthur Hayden

Spode had a leaning for Oriental subjects in his blue printed ware, which was quickly adopted by Leeds.
Chats on Old Earthenware|Arthur Hayden
Josiah Spode, about 1784, introduced his under-glaze blue "willow pattern," a copy of the Caughley pattern.
Chats on Old Earthenware|Arthur Hayden

British Dictionary definitions for Spode

spode

/ (spəʊd) /

noun

(sometimes capital) china or porcelain manufactured by Josiah Spode, English potter (1754–1827), or his company

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