Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel holding two quarts; also, the contents of such a vessel.
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Examples
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Thirdly, and to conclude, as our worthy preacher says, beware of the pottle-pot — it has drenched the judgment of wiser men than you.
The Abbot 2008
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Auchtermuchty and his wains — I trust it is only the medicine of the pottle-pot, (being the only medicamentum which the beast useth,) which hath caused him to tarry on the road.
The Abbot 2008
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“Nay, now the pottle-pot is uppermost, with a witness!” said the mercer.
Kenilworth 2004
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A company of Soldiers was kept on guard in the precincts, not so much for ornament as for use, for they had hard work every night in the week in quelling the pottle-pot brawls and brabbling among the
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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Text uses both Guard-house and Guardhouse; pottle-pot and pottlepot; stand-still and standstill; and Train-bands and Trainbands.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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"Nay, now the pottle-pot is uppermost, with a witness!" said the mercer.
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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You should travel, mine host, if you would be deep in the mysteries of the butt and pottle-pot.”
Kenilworth 2004
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You should travel, mine host, if you would be deep in the mysteries of the butt and pottle-pot. "
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
bilby commented on the word pottle-pot
Needs a limerick.
August 17, 2017
qms commented on the word pottle-pot
If you would imbibe and waddle not
Give heed to the size of bottle bought.
The short road to ruin
Is steep and it's strewn
With many an empty pottle-pot.
August 17, 2017
bilby commented on the word pottle-pot
*wildapplause*!
August 17, 2017
qms commented on the word pottle-pot
See also comments at pottle.
January 11, 2018