gallipot

Example Sentences

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"Don't know as I ever heard tell of that story," said the man who had spoken first, pouring some hot tea into a gallipot.

From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert

Mrs. King had hurried down-stairs, and at the threshold stood a watery figure, holding out the gallipot.

From Friarswood Post Office by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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 Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

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)

There was an old gallipot or two, and there was a broken bottle or so, and there were some broken boxes for seats. 

From The Uncommercial Traveller by Dickens, Charles