gallipot
Example Sentences
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He nevertheless determined to fill the gallipot with hot water and give this gargle to Nell to drink.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Not for himself but for his country he prepares his gallipot, and seals up his precious drops for any country or any town, so great is his zeal and philanthropy.—Goldsmith,
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
If you will look in that cupboard," he said, "you will find an old respectable looking roll on a plate and a knife somewhere and a gallipot containing butter.
From Tono Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I’d have no objection if you were, so that you’d capture me from that frightful gallipot!
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
Dr. Smith proved to be one fly in the Academy gallipot.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
