gallipot

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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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

And she sped away, bringing back an old gallipot, which she filled, and held to the child's lips.

From Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

When any thing, as a gallipot, &c. is to be supported at a considerable height within a jar, it is convenient to have such wire stands as are represented fig.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph

A small boy with a switch, a tiny nose, and a swinging gallipot, his cheeks lit with the sunset, followed soon after.

From The Return by De la Mare, Walter

Let it boil for five minutes, and turn it into a gallipot to cool.

From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess