Lexicographical Neighbors of Potshards
Literary usage of Potshards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Egypt by Eva Ambros (2001)
"... O- the "hill of potshards" in the southwest of the city. This was once the
most important place of worship of the Greco-Egyptian god Serapis. ..."
2. Faust: A Dramatic Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1834)
"... It glitters much here, And still more here— I am alive! My dear son, Keep thee
aloof; Thou must die! It is of clay, This makes potshards. ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"I zay, da'ant ее be potshards wi' I. (Pot or pan shards, or shreds, means broken
crockery,—a typical illustration of a broken temper. ..."
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