gallipot

Example Sentences

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"It is a pretty place," he adds, "though nothing to frighten any body, unless he hath lived in a gallipot."

From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

"Don't know as I ever heard tell of that story," said the man who had spoken first, pouring some hot tea into a gallipot.

From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert

Great hackney-coaches, sunk at the waist like those old gallipot boats of ours, went ploughing past through the mud of mid-road, with bepowdered footmen clinging behind and saucy coachmen perched in front.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Patrick's bird's water freezes in the gallipot, and my hands in bed.

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan

A small boy with a switch, a tiny nose, and a swinging gallipot, his cheeks lit with the sunset, followed soon after.

From The Return by De la Mare, Walter