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Worcester china
Trademark.
- a soft-paste porcelain containing very little clay or none at all, made at Worcester, England, since 1751.
Worcester china
noun
- porcelain articles made in Worcester (England) from 1751 in a factory that became, in 1862, the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company Sometimes shortened toWorcester
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Worcester china1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
I have had very kind letters about it, and Mrs. L. sent me a sweet little girl dressed in pink—a bit of Worcester China!
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But it is the same with old Worcester china, where the original prices were a tenth of what is paid now.
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