According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
DROLLERIES
Noun
drolleries
plural of drollery
Source: Wiktionary
DROLLERY
Droll"er*y, n.; pl. Drolleries. Etym: [F. drĂ´lerie. See Droll.]
1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." Macaulay.
2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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