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potsherd
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synonyms: ostracon, ~disjecta membra ???
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Definition:a shard of pottery, often specifically referring to a historic shard of pottery
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Had I had such a thing, I reflected, Uncle Lamb would have filled it with potsherds long before I could have got near it with a bunch of daisies.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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From the cess-pool, it re-constitutes the city; from mud, it reconstructs manners; from the potsherd it infers the amphora or the jug.
Victor Hugo. Les Misérables
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Biarus a Roman, more wise than fortunate, alone destroyed himself with a potsherd.
John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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