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Depres'sion glass"
inexpensive, machine-pressed, usually transluscent glassware, including dishware, vases, etc., mass-produced in the U.S. from the late 1920s to the 1940s and often used as giveaways, as to induce customers to buy goods or movie tickets.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
