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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, – used for holding milk and for various other purposes.

[Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

panshon ‎(plural panshons)

(Britain, dialect) An earthen vessel, wider at the top than at the bottom, used for holding milk etc.
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