parritch
Britishnoun
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An old lady who lived near my boyhood home used to tell me that the greatness of the Scottish race was attributable to "patience, pairseverance, and lots of parritch."
From Time Magazine Archive
How quaintly picturesque the adage, again, "Like a chip amang parritch, little gude, little ill," to describe some wholly immaterial thing.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
Thae ither folk their parritch eat An’ sup their sugared tea; But the mind is no’ to be wyled wi’ meat Wi’ a gentleman like me.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
We was ower three weeks amang thae foreign fowk, wi' nae parritch an' nae psalm.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
We should like to convince you that Scotch parritch has some real solid metal in it.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
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