jampot

plural jampots

1. alternativeAlternative form of jam pot.

   “'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. […]

   1910, H. G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly

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   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.

   1963 June 16, Margaret Berkvist, “Fond Recollections of British Mementos; Taste of Yorkshire Pebble Treasures”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2025

   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.

   2007 November 15, Sam Jordison, “I'm talking nonsense. In a good way”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2014

plural jampots

1. alternativeAlternative form of jampan.

   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...

   1879 August 17, letter, The Times