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  • noun Plural form of inkpot.

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Examples

  • And, many of those scholars agree that most scrolls probably weren't written at Qumran, contra James Charlesworth's mention of "inkpots" in the story.

    SocraticGadfly 2009

  • Ghent art " Chinese Temptations: Export Art from the 16th to the 19th century " shows a selection of art, collectors ' objects and china from public and private collections, including silk wallpaper, ivory toys, inkpots, silverware and fans.

    What 2010

  • The serial nature of the cargo - 1,000 miniature funeral urns and 800 identical inkpots - shows that China was mass-producing goods for export several centuries earlier than previously thought.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008

  • The serial nature of the cargo - 1,000 miniature funeral urns and 800 identical inkpots - shows that China was mass-producing goods for export several centuries earlier than previously thought.

    Ancient Trade: The Belitung Wreck Jan 2008

  • There were four cashers with quills and inkpots, seated at side-by

    City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007

  • There were four cashers with quills and inkpots, seated at side-by

    City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007

  • Writing Credentials Dipped in the inkpots of Academe

    Archive 2006-02-12 Miss Snark 2006

  • 'Unless his inkpots have stupendous seals, the ink will dry out while he's travelling.

    See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

  • In the board room the old clerk was still filling his inkpots from the magnum.

    The White Monkey 2004

  • It had a platform with a long table, behind which were seven empty chairs, and seven inkpots, with seven quill pens upright in them.

    The White Monkey 2004

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