hot pot
noun Chiefly British.
mutton or beef cooked with potatoes in a covered pot.
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Origin of hot pot
First recorded in 1690–1700
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Example sentences from the Web for hot pot
Then why not make your hot-pot with mussels instead of oysters?
Cakes & Ale|Edward SpencerIt was the culinary forefather of toad-in-the-hole, hot-pot, Irish stew, and of that devil-dreaded Cornish pasty.
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine|William Carew Hazlitt
British Dictionary definitions for hot pot
hotpot
/ (ˈhɒtˌpɒt) /
noun
British a baked stew or casserole made with meat or fish and covered with a layer of potatoes
Australian slang a heavily backed horse
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