bottles

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Now and again a cask of wine and some pottles of olives arrived at Commendone, and occasionally the knight returned the present, sending out bales of Flemish cloth.

From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger

A bright-eyed little German girl presently came trotting along the path with a great basket full of berries on her head arranged in pretty pottles ready for the market.

From Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. by Alcott, Louisa May

Then the Van Grolls, of Antony's Nose, who carried their liquor in fair round little pottles, by reason they could not bouse it out of their canteens, having such rare long noses.

From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Irving, Washington

The accounts of the city at this period contain entries of payments for sugar loaves given to the Recorder for a New Year’s present, and for pottles of wine bestowed on distinguished visitors.

From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William

"Uf one pottle don'd gure you, der dree pottles vill—or kill you, und nopody vill mindt dot."

From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.