gallipot

Example Sentences

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He nevertheless determined to fill the gallipot with hot water and give this gargle to Nell to drink.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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)

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

Only at the bottom of the small gallipot which the missionary had given him in Khartûm there lay a little white powder which would scarcely suffice for whitening the tip of a finger.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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)