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beau-pot
beau-pot (ˈbəʊpɒt) [f. F. beau beautiful + pot pot: possibly, in its origin, a mistaken spelling of bough-pot q.v.] A large ornamental vase for cut flowers.1761 Garrick & Colman Cland. Marr. ii. Wks. 1798 III. 27 A bunch of flowers as big as the cook or the nurse carry to town..for a beaupot. 1867 M...
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bough-pot
bough-pot arch. or dial. (ˈbaʊpɒt) Also 7 bow-pott, 7– bow-pot. [f. bough n. + pot: cf. beau-pot.] A pot or other vessel for holding boughs, etc., for ornament; a flower-pot; in 19th c. also a bunch of flowers, bouquet.1583 J. Higins Junius' Nomenclator 388 Bough-pots, or flower pots set in the wind...
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