saggar maker's bottom knocker

noun

A young boy employed to make the base of a saggar from a lump of fireclay, knocking it into a metal ring with a wooden mallet.

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Meanings

nounsaggar maker's bottom knocker (plural saggar maker's bottom knockers)

plural saggar maker's bottom knockers

  1. A young boy employed to make the base of a saggar from a lump of fireclay, knocking it into a metal ring with a wooden mallet.
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Chicago

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