gallipot

Example Sentences

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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

I don't believe in your new-fangled ways and new-fangled ideas—in and out like a frog in a gallipot.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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

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

Method.—Beat the eggs and soup together and strain them into a greased gallipot.

From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Harrison, Mary