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
Why, it was parritch—plain, simple parritch; for it seems he prefers it to a' ither kind of food for his morning meal.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
Wersh parritch, neither gude to fry, boil, or sup cauld.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
So grateful and happy was the poor laddie, that he nevermore grumbled at his oat-meal parritch, or minded his kye with a scowling brow.
From Fairy Book by Sophie May
Ramsay's best Anecdote. n Scotland, the staff of life is porridge, pronounced parritch by the natives.
From Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell
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