bucketry

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noun

Buckets and similar objects, taken collectively.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounbucketry (uncountable)
  1. uncountableBuckets and similar objects, taken collectively.

    He found his way into home decorating, and there he discovered a small tower of black rubber pails. […] Satisfied—or as satisfied as a non-expert in bucketry could be—Faustino bought the thing.

    2009, Mal Peet, Exposure, Candlewick Press, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 193–194
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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.

    1902, Drawing and Manual Training Journal, volumes 1-2, page 124

    “Come back and fight me!” she yelled, slamming the bucket against the bars in one final overhand strike, venting her fury by smashing the wooden container into a dozen different pieces. She stood, puffing for a second, holding a broken handle. […] I empathized with Bastille – I even felt some of her same rage, even if I didn’t express it by destroying innocent bucketry.

    2007, Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 194

Origin

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