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
Fitz McGinty lived i' a graund castle wi' thoosands o' sairvants to wait on him, an' he ate his parritch wi' a deemond spune.
From Tam o' the Scoots by Edgar Wallace
The best o' parritch and milk in the morning, and at nicht.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull
But he had no sooner gone, than it occurred to her, that parritch for a lord ought to be made somewhat differently from those intended for a plebeian stomach.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
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
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