noun
General Slang
delph
· noun · irish
Crockery — plates, cups, the lot.
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The dishes. Your mugs, plates, bowls, side plates — collectively, the delph. Doesn't have to be posh; the chipped Tayto mug counts.
“Give us a hand drying the delph, will you?”
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delph In A Sentence
Give us a hand drying the delph, will you?
Origin & Usage
From Delft, the Dutch town famous for its blue-and-white pottery. The word for the pottery became the everyday Irish word for any crockery, fancy or not.
Variants
delft
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