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Definition of Crockery

1. Noun. Tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively.

Definition of Crockery

1. n. Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.

Definition of Crockery

1. Noun. Plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware, usually made of some ceramic material. ¹

2. Noun. Crocks, earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crockery

1. pottery [n -ERIES] - See also: pottery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crockery

Literary usage of Crockery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1827)
"Duke of York's bf Dahlia, 4 yrs old, 8st. lib 122 Captain Locke's bc crockery, 4 yrs old, 8st. lllb 2 dr. Five to 4 agst Dream, 7 to 4 agst crockery, ..."

2. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"There is a great deal of smashed crockery in the world. You who arc masters in the art of packing things and we whose vocation is the art of putting things, ..."

3. Official Catalogue of Exhibitors (1915)
"Vase: crockery: Famous Scene of Omi. 113. Vase: crockery: Waterfall. ... Vase: crockery 125. Vase: crockery Flower and Bird. Grass. 126. ..."

4. Memorials of the Grand River Valley by Franklin Everett (1878)
"At or near the mouth of the creek that bears the name, considerable quantities of Indian pottery were found, which caused it to be called " crockery Creek. ..."

5. Life in Brazil by Thomas Ewbank (1856)
"AN element of domestic life, and a chief item of household furniture, Brazilian crockery-ware is interesting to a stranger. The articles bear little ..."

6. The Comic History of the United States: From a Period Prior to the Discovery by John D. Sherwood (1870)
"A New-Yorker reaches the White House, and has Hard Fare there.—The Disadvantages of Competition. —A Financial Earthquake breaks large Amounts of crockery. ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"tremble and crockery to rattle, ' aa though in an earthquake.' In view of the compressed condition of the rocks in the Mon- eon quarries, described by Niles ..."

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