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n. - A brand of fine English porcelain; English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827).

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  • Ann Althouse: That Spode is sooo … .. virile!
  • One of the most perfect of English porcelains, known as Spode, was produced by combining with this type of paste pulverized bones. "
  • Spode was all bark and no bite; if only the same could be said of Cheney.
  • You hear them shouting "Heil, Spode!" and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.
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