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rock·ing·ham \ˈräkiŋˌham, -ŋəm\ noun or rockingham ware Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham died 1782 English statesman on whose estate at Swinton, England, it was originally made : a usually buff or white earthenware with an often spattered brown glaze; also : an ornately decorated and gilded 19th century bone chinaware from the same source |