Spode
china or porcelain manufactured by the Spodes or the firm they established.
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Spode
1 American
[spohd]
/ spoʊd /
Trademark.
Spode
2
American
[spohd]
/ spoʊd /
noun
spode
British
/ spəʊd /
noun
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Michael Escolme, manager of the Spode Museum, praised Kawakami-Shotton's efforts to broaden their reach.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
As for who or what Eulalie is, and why it reduces Spode to jelly, you’ll have to read the book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
“No,” he’s told, “by the time Spode formed his association, there were no shirts left. He and his adherents wear black shorts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
The firm was founded in 1770 by Josiah Spode who is often credited with developing the formula for fine bone china.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2022
More or less independent later experiments in France and England led to Sevres, Wedgwood, and Spode porcelains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
I got a pretty bad start but I worked my way up to seventh because I'm a spode!
From Time Magazine Archive
Restrained in their comments, visitors wandered from booth to booth smiling pleasantly at dealers, murmuring: "Nice bit of spode," "I question that settle," "Lovely chair, but the patina is gone."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Compared to the San Francisco mud race this year where I rode like a spode, the track tonight almost seemed dream-like," said Langston.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sheffield they gave, a grievous load, And Chelsea, flower'd and spruce, And antique thingummies in spode; The only thing that none bestowed Was anything of use.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 by Various
In the window were a tea service of spode and a collection of luster ware.
From In the Wilderness by Robert Smythe Hichens
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