crockery
crocks collectively; earthenware.
Origin of crockery
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How to use crockery in a sentence
To stave off death you’ll have to confront a witch who likes to replace her subjects’ heads with crockery, a Napoleon-like frog with a string of titles that proclaim his glory and a mountain-dwelling yeti named Betty.
The threat is more immediate in Manuela Viera Gallo’s jagged necklaces, made of broken crockery and other trashed household objects.
In the galleries: A painful, political take on the art of cruel shoes | Mark Jenkins | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostThere's the "finale" we should be seeking after the broken crockery from the Tea Party tantrum is cleared away.
He also could be maddening to work with, dominating any situation and breaking a lot of crockery in the process.
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s Blunt Style Unusual, But Effective on Libya | Eleanor Clift | January 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSome bits of broken crockery furnished his table, a board wedged against the rock.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
He drew loads of boards from the saw-mill, and loads of crockery from the various village stores.
David Fleming's Forgiveness | Margaret Murray RobertsonI was sawing up a few more sticks from the orchard, when the express man drove up with the beds, the crockery, and so on.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonIt was in trying to grab something that she lost control, and fell, barge and all after her crockery into the sea.
The Romance of His Life | Mary CholmondeleyAlways an unruly fellow, and dangerous to trust among crockery.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. I. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for crockery
/ (ˈkrɒkərɪ) /
china dishes, earthen vessels, etc, collectively
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