Potteries

[ pot-uh-reez ]

noun

1. the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.

Potteries

/ ˈpɒtərɪz /

plural noun

1. the Potteries
   the Potteries sometimes functioning as singular a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated

Example Sentences

Across the river was the hunched sky-line of Doulton's potteries, and a kiln flared redly.

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This was the Staffordshire, which we had named for the great potteries in England from which we got so much of our import freight.

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Some deep metaphysician of the potteries, who might have added that they have also quick eyes, and sometimes silent tongues.

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Mortlake has lost its tapestry works and its potteries, but it has retained its brewery.

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A manufactory of pottery flourished here from about 1650 to 1780, but there were also potteries early in the 16th century.

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