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Depression glass
cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
See Depression glass in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Machine-pressed, tinted glassware mass-produced during the 1920s and 1930s.
Origin:
Origin: From its being manufactured during the Depression
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