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.
FINERIES
Noun
fineries
plural of finery
Source: Wiktionary
FINERY
Fin"er*y, n.
1. Fineness; beauty. [Obs.] Don't choose your place of study by the finery of the prospects. I. Watts.
2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels. Her mistress' cast-off finery. F. W. Robertson.
3. Etym: [Cf. Refinery.] (Iron Works)
Definition: A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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