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Definition of "gallipot" [gal•li•pot]

  • A small glazed earthenware jar formerly used by druggists for medicaments. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gallipot" in a sentence
  • "[FOOTNOTE 41: gallipots -- A gallipot was a small ceramic vessel used by apothecaries to hold medicines."
  • "“He lies, and I will pound him into a gallipot!” said"
  • "It was Colligan; and, as the two gigs met in the narrow road, the dirty gallipot took off his hat, and was very sorry to trouble"