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Pagodas of various crockeries stood high on the tables, and on benches round the walls sat, rook-like, an assembly of hooded countrywomen.

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin

Here is a whole shop of crockeries and porcelains;—plates, dishes, cups,—earthen-ware canaris and dobannes, and gift-mugs and cups bearing creole girls' names,— all names that end in ine.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio

Hither she brings from England her produce of marine-stores and woollens, her crockeries, her portable soups, and her bitter ale.

From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray, William Makepeace