Bucketry

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Buckets and similar objects, taken collectively. uncountable

    "Shooks and buckets were once the most famous work of Hingham. We had believed that the Hingham bucket was as obsolete as the Eohippus. The day of bucketry has dawned again, and buckets, churns, piggins, tubs were exhibited."

Example

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"Shooks and buckets were once the most famous work of Hingham. We had believed that the Hingham bucket was as obsolete as the Eohippus. The day of bucketry has dawned again, and buckets, churns, piggins, tubs were exhibited."

Etymology

From bucket + -ry.

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