Jampot

Quick meaning: Jampot is a noun meaning Alternative form of jam pot.

Meaning

Alternative form of jam pot.

More Meanings

1. Alternative form of jampan.

Example Sentences

The gondola of Simla is the ‘jampan’ or ‘jampot’, as it is sometimes called, on the same linguistic principle... as that which converts asparagus into sparrow-grass.

“'Ere,” said Mr. Rumbold, suddenly fierce and shouting and marking his point with gesticulated jampots, “you go indoors. I don't want no row with you, and I don't want you to row with me. […]

Less well known than the Staffordshire brands, Poole pottery is equally distinctive, with delicate pastel flower designs predominating. Particularly attractive, as well as being easy to pack, are the ashtrays, eggcups and jampots.

The trouble is that with its strange archaic language, its unusually naive narrator, and its frequent evocations of a lost English ideal full of jampots, cosy firesides and cups of tea, the book does make suggestions about innocence too easily lost and cynicism brutally gained.

Word Forms

• jampots

Synonyms for jampot

Depending on context, synonyms include jamjar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jamjar, pastepot, beanpot, gluepot, paintpot, waterpot.

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