Up to that time I had been clay in the hands of the potter or "potterer" as it might be. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico.] Reference
Widows begins with Alexandra, the oldest and most earthy of the witches, who has recently lost her cowboy-potterer husband. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
As for the potterer and the niggler, the men and women whose stroke goes no farther back than their knuckles, I may frankly say that charcoal is not for them. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914] Reference
She accordingly classed her new possession as a confirmed potterer and made her way down by what Peter with more exactness than delicacy, had already named the Privy Stair. From Wordnik.com. [Busman's Honeymoon]
Her mother believed that Franklin had run away simply to get rid of her, and the poor girl, dazed and forlorn, bereft of will, had been induced to marry a man by the name of Rogers, who was a potter and also a potterer, but who Franklin says was "a very good potter.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen] Reference
Her mother believed that Franklin had run away simply to get rid of her, and the poor girl, dazed and forlorn, bereft of will, had been induced to marry a man by the name of Rogers, who was a potter and also a potterer, but who Franklin says was “a very good potter.”. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great]
You've deceived everyone -- even that old potterer, Sir Bernard himself. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Secrets] Reference
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