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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A district of west-central England in the Trent River valley. It has been noted for the manufacture of ceramics since the 1600s. Josiah Wedgwood and Josiah Spode were among the noted potters who worked in the area.
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- proper noun UK An area in the
West Midlands of England based around Stoke-On-Trent. Considered to be the main centre of thepottery industry.
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Examples
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At a small butcher's in a shy neighbourhood (there is no reason for suppressing the name; it is by Notting Hill, and gives upon the district called the Potteries), I know a shaggy black-and-white dog who keeps a drover.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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(there is no reason for suppressing the name; it is by Notting - hill, and gives upon the district called the Potteries), I know a shaggy black and white dog who keeps a drover.
The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841
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Hill, and gives upon the district called the Potteries),
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Third in La Liga and twice runners-up in the Champions League, Valencia arrived in the Potteries on Wednesday words that most football fans never thought they would read in the same sentence for a Europa League tie with Stoke that represents a major clash of cultures.
Will Valencia be up for it on a cold, windy night in the Potteries? | Stuart James 2012
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Waterford Wedgwood Potteries collapsed in 2009, and the state Pension Protection Fund had to take over a £134m debt to cover 7,000 employees' pensions.
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Wigan are level on points with Birmingham City, who travel to Tottenham Hotspur, and Blackpool, who visit Manchester United, so the Lancashire club could lose in the Potteries yet survive on goal difference.
Roberto Martínez is confident as 'fearless' Wigan head to Stoke 2011
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Guy Opperman, MP for Hexham, has named the classic toilet roll manufactured by SCA.Tim Farron, MP for Westmoreland and Londsdale has opted for Michael Eden's shocking pink 'Wedgwoodn't Tureen' made not in the Potteries but in his Cumbria constituency and not of china but of a high quality nylon material.
Vince Cable launches 'Made by Britain' project to highlight manufacturing 2011
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A mere 17 years is nothing for the denizens of the Potteries.
The Knowledge | Which clubs have had the longest wait for a derby? | John Ashdown 2011
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Roesel's bush cricket – now found as far north in Britain as the Potteries.
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Now it has been found as far north as the Potteries.
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