willowware

[wil-oh-wair]

wil·low·ware

[wil-oh-wair]
noun
china using the willow pattern.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; willow + ware1
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Willowware is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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willowware

noun
chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river 
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