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  • Items stolen include a set of Royal Doulton crockery in white with a light green pattern.
  • I had a slight accident at home and broke some crockery.
  • And just what did the people at the next table say when a dislodged piece of fish landed among their crockery?
  • I had a slight accident at home and broke some crockery.
  • She would go to jumble sales and buy old crockery that she would take home and throw, piece by piece, against the wall. Times, Sunday Times
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  • You can trace history by finding cod bottles, ceramic beer bottles and jars, numerous items of crockery and even clay pipes.
  • All of the crockery was chipped, and what little silver they possessed was tarnished to a dull black.
  • Inside the room one corner was taken up with a deep enamel sink and a small cupboard above for crockery.
  • Nothing is safe from this porcelain peccant pilferer, this corrupt criminal crockery, for the moment you turn your back, this amazing Ash Tray will abscond with all your electronic posessions and sell them on ebay. Mug with a Message | Engrish.com
  • They house all the glass and crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • A seaside council which stripped deckchairs, crockery, kettles and hotplates out of its chalets to save money is putting them in a museum ready for the day they become collector's items.
  • The production of crockery, cutlery and toys was severely curtailed as inessentials.
  • Not a blanket, a pillow, a piece of cutlery or crockery remained.
  • Furthermore, new crockery is needed, some of the men drinking out of empty tins at present. Work Camp 11072 GW
  • Opposite her was a small washstand with a coarse crockery toilet set on a fake marble top.
  • As a hostess she served her guests food with contemporary cutlery off contemporary crockery, all purchased from young designers. Times, Sunday Times
  • The crockery has class and the beverages come in real crystal ware.
  • And need I point out that a pony’s hoof is just about the perfect implement for crushing fragile crockery? The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers agree: Little chance for immigration bill, and they hate the VAT
  • Not a blanket, a pillow, a piece of cutlery or crockery remained.
  • I had a friend who was a lodger and was given plastic crockery and cutlery to use. Times, Sunday Times
  • We wouldn't have minded, but she put all our cutlery and crockery away in the wrong places, causing much angst upon our return.
  • Simple displays that emphasise the activities of the household, such as an armoire stacked with an assortment of crockery, can be used to provide a restorative background.
  • We loosed off a few shots at the various damaged crockery I had scavenged and then I thought I would try a cunning scheme.
  • Likewise the proposed Motor Pool Improvement, on account of a shard of Colonial crockery.
  • They smashed windows, three microwave ovens, tables, chairs, a breakfast bar and crockery.
  • Holiday lets must be fully furnished and have a kitchen stocked with crockery and cutlery. Times, Sunday Times
  • The third, at the end of the passage, I called the 'boxroom', as it was used to accommodate bits of broken furniture, abandoned crockery, outdated telephone directories and unwanted presents from our (long-ago) wedding. Rumpole and the Reign of Terror
  • Out go starched linens, in comes homespun crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was bustling and full of bargains from gramophone players to antique furniture and crockery sets in original boxes. Times, Sunday Times
  • Make you sure you wash up with hot, soapy water, and let crockery air-dry if possible.
  • It had butlers and waiters, and served the most marvellous tea in a proper dining carriage with tablecloths, elegant crockery and cutlery. Times, Sunday Times
  • Suddenly, King looked not fashionably late to the party, but awkwardly, disastrously late, swinging gaily through the doors just as the caterers were starting to pack up the crockery.
  • No two pieces of our everyday crockery match.
  • Use proper cutlery and crockery, not disposable, and avoid individually wrapped portions. Times, Sunday Times
  • She would go to jumble sales and buy old crockery that she would take home and throw, piece by piece, against the wall. Times, Sunday Times
  • They filled two trolleys with crockery, kettles, pots and pans and all the other impedimenta needed to kit out a new home.
  • In the interests of marital harmony I should go along with the plain white crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • I had a slight accident at home and broke some crockery.
  • The experience helped convince him of the benefits of a matching set of curved cutlery and crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • From the picturesque splattering of autumn leaves on the dinner plates to sprinkle of tulips etched out on the grooved wine glasses, your crockery will now have a touch of elegance and sparkle.
  • I wish to point out that a wrong perception could have been created by a report in today's Stop Press edition of The Argus, namely that Ministers are being paid R6 340 a month for gardening, domestic services, insurance and other running costs such as kitchenware and crockery. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • In a few minutes the signs of German havoc would be hidden behind stacks of crockery and household utensils, and some of the pale women we had left in mournful contemplation of the ruins would be bargaining as sharply as ever for a sauce-pan or a butter-tub. Fighting France
  • + (4) The refectorian, who had charge of the frater, or refectory and its furniture, including such things as crockery, cloths, dishes, spoons, forks, etc. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
  • The bungalow was tiny, consisting of one bedroom, a living room, bathroom, a small cubbyhole where the kitchen crockery and utensils were kept, and an airy verandah which went round two sides of the building.
  • Among the accessories were cookware and crockery, trolleys and storage racks, dustbins and garbage disposers, carpets and cleaning supplies, kitchen hardware and ventilators.
  • Then all of a sudden there was a sound like smashing crockery, and the planes come diving out of the clouds.
  • She came to a stop by colliding with the kitchen draining board, sending her host's crockery crashing to the floor.
  • The experience helped convince him of the benefits of a matching set of curved cutlery and crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • He also produced cutlery and crockery, much of which is still manufactured. Times, Sunday Times
  • Through the whole stressful ordeal the employee should also have had time to notice if there were: street, house or office noises in the background, whether there were animal sounds, or even the chink of crockery.
  • We are likely to use crockery in place of plastic disposables,’ says Jinghan.
  • We could all see last week at PMQs that crockery had been thrown. Times, Sunday Times
  • An unexpected best-seller, "Crockery Cookery" dethroned "The Joy of Sex" as the No. 1 selling trade paperback in June of 1975, providing a clue as to which is the stronger human urge. Crock-Pot Chef Fed Slow-Cook Craze
  • Well, except for a certain jar, I don't know what kind of crockery was in the Bush family home, but I've never seen a crescent bowl. Harry Shearer: Fact-Checking the Bush Memoir: New Orleans
  • I was explaining how you get more crockery in if you nest the little bowls inside the big bowls when I sensed that Mel was somehow not with me.
  • The paintwork is picked out in that shade of diluted pea green that used to be reserved for institutional crockery – the sort that bounced when you dropped it. Restaurant review: Butley Orford Oysterage
  • So in effect the word crockery covers everything from bowls and plates to lasagne dishes and vegetable serving bowls, providing they aren't glass. Undefined
  • She was quite overcome by it all, real bone china crockery, real silver wear.
  • The ashes from the house and the log-heaps were either leached at home, and the lye boiled down in the large potash kettles ” of which almost every farmer had one or two ” and converted into potash, or became a perquisite of the wife, and were carried to the ashery, where they were exchanged for crockery or something for the house. Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago
  • All the upgraded meals are served on the same crockery and cutlery as Club World. The Sun
  • A seaside council which stripped deckchairs, crockery, kettles and hotplates out of its chalets to save money is putting them in a museum ready for the day they become collector's items.
  • Out go starched linens, in comes homespun crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • But it is entirely possible to teach the child too thoroughly in this respect and to make him so fond of his jingling pennies safe within a yellow crockery pig or iron cupolaed mansion that be will not spend them for any object, however laudable. Study of Child Life
  • There in the corner of the room (or relegated to an unloved table just outside the door) you'll find a wobbly pile of undersize crockery and two silver flasks.
  • Oh, never mind," laughed the doctor, piling the dusty dishes in a pan for washing, "we'll just set the crockery up in this cullender to drain dry. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873
  • When they are finished, my crockery and glassware are shattered, my kitchen shelves and cupboards are broken, the food in my pantry is poisoned, and even my house is wrecked.
  • The dresser was covered with crockery and pipkins, willow pattern plates, and tea-cups and mugs.
  • She put in a new kitchen, bought second-hand furniture and stocked the café with crockery and cutlery belonging to her grandfather who had died a year earlier. Times, Sunday Times
  • She also makes her pickles in crockery, which makes better pickles, according to her. Waldo Jaquith - Homemade pickles.
  • He was said to have smashed crockery at a dinner party.
  • This was far from the usual white ceramic of crockery central casting. Times, Sunday Times
  • The problem was that if you invited them for dinner they'd end up having a row and throwing the crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • Towards the end of the tape the sound of breaking glass and crockery lends credence to the theory that passengers rushed the aisle with the food trolley.
  • She probably wants to throw crockery around and get it all out of her system. The Sun
  • And in each room was the same kind of blundering half-arrangement of furniture, and fire-irons and crockery, and all sorts of odd things on the floor, but there was nothing to eat; even in the pantry there were only a rusty cake-tin and a broken plate with whitening mixed in it. The Railway Children
  • Oh well, there's always time later for weekly fire inspections and condemnation/fines after this MLS crockery is flogged to death. Stimulus galore (Jack Bog's Blog)
  • Everything had to be humped up and down countless stairs to get into the room - tables, chairs, the dozen or more boxes of crockery, all the catering equipment, and the well-stocked bar too.
  • Some items such as crockery were left behind because they had been damaged. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Mum used to get cross if he broke any of her crockery.
  • The absence of cutlery and crockery leaves no reason to entertain at home. Times, Sunday Times
  • Accommodation in the economy units have no cutlery and crockery.
  • At about 1am neighbours called police after fighting spilled into the street and their homes were pelted with bottles and crockery. The Sun
  • Crockery, pictures and horse brasses cover the white walls with black wood beams and a quiz poker game tries to woo those with a spare 50p in their pocket with its flashing lights.
  • Not in the crockery or the paintwork or the lighting – none of which looks like it has altered much. Restaurant review: Butley Orford Oysterage
  • Cups, cutlery and crockery are straightforward. The Sun
  • Where would be all this fine crockery work for your breakfast? you might pop your head under a pump, or drink out of your own paw; what would you do for that fine jemmy tye? Cecilia
  • He also produced cutlery and crockery, much of which is still manufactured. Times, Sunday Times
  • Domestics refused to handle their crockery and cutlery.
  • A long oak table extended the length of it, on which was a comprehensive collection of crockery, cutlery and unopened bottles of wine and mead.
  • The ashes from the house and the log-heaps were either leached at home, and the lye boiled down in the large potash kettles -- of which almost every farmer had one or two -- and converted into potash, or became a perquisite of the wife, and were carried to the ashery, where they were exchanged for crockery or something for the house. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian
  • The principal handicraft is the production of stoneware crockery. The Meseta Purepecha
  • They had grabbed ten miniature Crown Derby items of crockery and nine Lladro pottery figures.
  • His room was a litter of old clothes, dirty crockery and broken furniture.
  • The exhibition also features the usual products such as sarees, crockery, bed linen, cosmetics, hosiery and some imported goods.
  • I realise not everyone gets excited about crockery, but I've always wanted a red bowl.
  • Newlyweds normally have a present list that includes crockery and toasters, but a new alternative could see couples giving goat herds to poor countries as wedding gifts.
  • The absence of cutlery and crockery leaves no reason to entertain at home. Times, Sunday Times
  • She could hear him pottering about the adjoining room, arranging crockery and cutlery.
  • When I was little the word crockery used to […] 15 January, 2009 (00: 00) | By: BillNBPI Undefined
  • The crockery has class and the beverages come in real crystal ware.
  • Wedgwood greatly improved the clumsy ordinary crockery of the day, introducing durable, simple and regular wares.
  • With a myriad of designs on the chinaware, customers can pick and choose crockery that will lend a touch of sophistication and elegance.
  • She seemed to think that if she couldn't throw at least one tantrum, have one storm of weeping and break at least five pieces of crockery the day wasn't complete.
  • I was explaining how you get more crockery in if you nest the little bowls inside the big bowls when I sensed that Mel was somehow not with me.
  • The dish was excellently presented on the crisp linen table cloth in plain white crockery with a Thai flower for decoration.
  • His motor-'bus was passing through a region unknown to him -- one of those regions where raw vegetables and meat, varied with crockery and old books, exuberate into booths and stalls along the pavement, and salesmen shout to the heedless passer-by prophetic warnings of opportunities eternally lost. Essays in Rebellion
  • I had a friend who was a lodger and was given plastic crockery and cutlery to use. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you look up the word crockery the definition reads; China dishes or Earthenware vessels collectively, another returns, tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively. Undefined
  • It was bustling and full of bargains from gramophone players to antique furniture and crockery sets in original boxes. Times, Sunday Times
  • Newlyweds normally have a present list that includes crockery and toasters, but a new alternative could see couples giving goat herds to poor countries as wedding gifts.
  • Holiday lets must be fully furnished and have a kitchen stocked with crockery and cutlery. Times, Sunday Times
  • The floor is covered with smashed crockery from the dresser. The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells: Part 5 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News
  • This not only includes basic furniture items, but a ‘homeowner's pack’ of cutlery, crockery, basic pans and bathroom accessories.
  • Much of the china clay went to the Potteries of Staffordshire to be made into crockery - cups, saucers and plates.
  • Use proper cutlery and crockery, not disposable, and avoid individually wrapped portions. Times, Sunday Times
  • Out go starched linens, in comes homespun crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • It also houses hundreds of thousands of items of railway memorabilia, including tickets, nameplates, silver and crockery, drawings, posters and works of art.
  • At about 1am neighbours called police after fighting spilled into the street and their homes were pelted with bottles and crockery. The Sun
  • You can trace history by finding cod bottles, ceramic beer bottles and jars, numerous items of crockery and even clay pipes.
  • The crockery, stainless steel and cutlery have all been revamped and main meals will now be served with a linen napkin. The Sun
  • There in the corner of the room (or relegated to an unloved table just outside the door) you'll find a wobbly pile of undersize crockery and two silver flasks.
  • The scattered fragments of crockery and the aroma of the wasted nectar marked the melancholy wreck of our Christmas cheer.
  • The youth group is collecting cracked and unwanted crockery for their china smashing stall, and a box for donations is in the church.
  • I can keep my crockery, glasses, pots and pans in the cupboards.
  • It was bustling and full of bargains from gramophone players to antique furniture and crockery sets in original boxes. Times, Sunday Times
  • While you are about it, why not hire all the cutlery and crockery, too? Times, Sunday Times
  • The sink, dishwasher, fridge and so on are all either built behind the oversized cupboard that holds the crockery and also partitions the room, or behind one of the old doors that are no longer used.
  • To be served the meals on clean glazed crockery instead of the ubiquitous melamine is even more amazing.
  • Expensive cutlery, crockery and cooking utensils were stored in shiny white cupboards, with the lighting hidden in strips behind cornicing. Above Suspicion
  • Out go starched linens, in comes homespun crockery. Times, Sunday Times
  • In several rooms, large amounts of crockery were distinguishable.
  • The crockery is fired and glazed earthenware and the cutlery an inexpensive style.
  • As a hostess she served her guests food with contemporary cutlery off contemporary crockery, all purchased from young designers. Times, Sunday Times
  • So they "pigged" still, although they did not defile the furniture with unwashed hands, and the plate and crockery with greasy dish-cloths. Sisters
  • So I have four place settings of cheap crockery, one pan, and two serving dishes.
  • Then there is the chance that, even if the chef is not suffering from the aftershocks of an overdose of ouzo, there may be no crockery left to serve it on.
  • “I was trying to straighten the gasolier,” Will said crossly, sitting up and brushing crockery bits off his shirt. Clockwork Angel
  • EVERY time I wash up a batch of crockery I marvel at the unimaginativeness of human beings who can travel under the sea and fly through the clouds, and yet have not known how to eliminate this sordid time-wasting drudgery from their daily lives. As I Please
  • Cups, cutlery and crockery are straightforward. The Sun

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