pottered; pottering; potters
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Verb
pottering around indoors on a rainy day
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Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
May 13, 2021 issue Christopher Benfey Resistance Pottery Two recent exhibitions of the work of Black potters find political acts in the placid history of nineteenth-century American stoneware.
—Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 2 May 2024
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Noun
It was crafted by local Brown Deer artist Jean Wells, a professional potter for 30 years who creates contemporary stoneware pottery, according to the release.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
May 13, 2021 issue Christopher Benfey Resistance Pottery Two recent exhibitions of the work of Black potters find political acts in the placid history of nineteenth-century American stoneware.
—Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 2 May 2024
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“Potter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potter. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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potter
1 of 2 noun
pot·ter
ˈpät-ər 
: one that makes pottery
Biographical Definition
Potter 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Pot·ter
ˈpä-tər
Beatrix 1866–1943 British writer and illustrator
Potter
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Paul or Paulus 1625–1654 Dutch painter
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