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bucketry

bucketry noun: buckets and similar objects, taken collectively.

Noun

bucketry (uncountable)

  1. Buckets and similar objects, taken collectively.
    • 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...2007, Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 194

Origin of bucketry

From bucket + -ry.

Questions about bucketry

What does bucketry mean?
Bucketry means buckets and similar objects, taken collectively.
What part of speech is bucketry?
Bucketry is a noun.

Words near bucketry in the dictionary

  1. bucketmaking
  2. bucketman
  3. bucketmen
  4. bucketmouth
  5. bucketmouths
  6. bucketry
  7. buckets
  8. buckets about
  9. buckets and spades
  10. buckets down
  11. buckets of blood

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