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china

noun as in dishes, often valuable

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He flings his lunch against the wall, shattering a piece of Nancy Reagan’s china and leaving a trail of ketchup and hamburger grease on the wallpaper and faux gilt sconce recently procured from Home Depot.

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As I poured him a cup of tea in our finest china, Joylette played the piano.

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Inuit histories reported people finding dismembered bodies and fragments of china on King William Island.

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This also happens to be where the Dior Maison pieces can be found, be it fine china or glassware.

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Like many people, my garage and closets are littered with the detritus of modern life—from stacks of paperbacks and fancy china to a fussy tea maker, still swaddled in its box.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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