parritch
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Says he, "I dinna doubt but she wad mak my parritch, but the plague is, she wad be fair to sup the hauf o' them."
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
You couldna speculate as to how Robert Campbell would take a plate o' parritch; he might like them, and he might send them to the Back o' Beyond.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
They huddled close for warmth in their little cottage and were grateful for parritch and shelter.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert
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