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flowerpot

[flou-er-pot] / ˈflaʊ ərˌpɒt /
NOUN
jardiniere
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A flowerpot importer expects to replenish its inventory.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

We’re introduced to Derpy in a late-night scene when he emerges from a portal from the Underworld and promptly knocks over a flowerpot.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025

Even the job title insinuates that we are not people, but literal background—like a painting or flowerpot that is placed on a table to make the walls look less bare.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023

He passed the audition with Blakey using a horn that a friend had been using as a flowerpot.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2020

Mom likes shopping at thrift stores—she calls it treasure hunting, though I have never figured out what exactly makes somebody’s discarded fondue set or chipped flowerpot a treasure.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin



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