widow's cruse

American  

noun

1. an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in 1 Kings 17:10–16 and 2 Kings 4:1–7.

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widow's cruse British  

noun

1. an endless or unfailing source of supply

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Etymology

Origin of widow's cruse

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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widow's cruse

The other 17 were dry as the widow's cruse, were rapidly deteriorating into a useless mass of rust.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the U.S. today, he adds grimly, "There is no widow's cruse."

From Time Magazine Archive

The next moment the three vehicles were flying along the road drawn by three tireless individuals, whose good nature, like the widow's cruse, knew no diminishing.

From The Motor Maids in Fair Japan by Katherine Stokes

"I can, sir, if he will be pleased with the widow's cake and the widow's cruse."

From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Sir Walter Scott

Court appointments are the drop of oil in the widow's cruse, they ever increase.

From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo