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Dresden china
noun
- porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
Dresden china
noun
- porcelain ware, esp delicate and elegantly decorative objects and figures of high quality, made at Meissen, near Dresden, since 1710
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dresden china1
First recorded in 1725–35
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Example Sentences
Her Ladyship, more like a Dresden-china figure than ever in a teagown of flowered silk, lolled in a low chair.
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It was pretty in a style suggesting a combination of Watteau, Dresden China, and the top of a biscuit tin.
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Rilla asked, for one glance at the lovely face of their Dresden China girl assured her that something was wrong.
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Frederick's and Maria Theresa's courtiers simpered and sighed like Dresden-china swains and shepherdesses.
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She actually flirts with him, in her Dresden China way, and he growls.
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