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From uncertain first element + pot.

noun gallipots · galleypot · gallypot

  1. A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment. VVhy, by his skill, / Of vvhich he has left you the inheritance, / Here in a pot: this little gally pot, / Of tincture, high roſe tincture.
  2. archaic Someone who uses such pots; an apothecary. ‘We are physicians' gallipots. Don't you want the sick healed?’

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@misc{gallipot_2026,
  title = {gallipot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gallipot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}