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  • She bought an clay plant-pot holder for for him at a flea market in Westmount.

    E.Jim Shannon E.Jim Shannon 2006

  • Old Jeremiah smacked his hand down on the window-sill, knocking over a plant-pot.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • I saw a plant-pot the other day, full of soil, bearing no flower, but flaunting a stick on which was printed the word "Mignonette."

    My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year John Henry Jowett

  • She had brought a little plant-pot holding a tiny rose-bush in full bloom, and when she went away she left her message with Liz.

    That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • She had brought a little plant-pot holding a tiny rose-bush in full bloom, and when she went away she left her message with Liz.

    That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story 1877

  • I on one occasion saved some orange pippins, dried and planted them with the hope that they might grow; as time went on, I watered and watched them, but there was no indication of growth; months went by: I lost heart, gave over watering, threw the plant-pot in which they were sown out of doors; a year was gone by and more, when one day my eye fell on this same pot all covered with green growth.

    Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow F. Jewell

  • "No," I replied, "if you put an inverted plant-pot there everybody will guess that you are hiding a mushroom underneath it.

    Eliza Barry Pain 1896

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