porringer

[ pawr-in-jer, por- ]

/ ˈpɔr ɪn dʒər, ˈpɒr- /

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noun

a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten.

Words nearby porringer

porphyry, porpoise, porrect, porridge, porrigo, porringer, porro prism, porsena, porson, port, port adelaide

Origin of porringer

1515–25; variant of earlier poddinger, akin to late Middle English potinger, nasalized variant of potager < Middle French. See pottage, -er²

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Examples from the Web for porringer

Its handle carries one back to the porringer of Stuart days with its out-turned terminal.
Chats on Old Sheffield Plate|Arthur Hayden
I have the old Vanderdecken porringer, if it is the one with the cow on the cover.
Margaret Montfort|Laura E. Richards
You and Porringer are to go to Godwyn's after that new sail for the Nancy.
Prisoners of Hope|Mary Johnston
If you go near a dairy, the proprietor comes out with a porringer of milk, and will sell it to you in spite of yourself.
A Tour Through The Pyrenees|Hippolyte Adolphe Taine

He had not much trouble in finishing what was left in the porringer.
The Man Who Laughs|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for porringer

porringer

/ (ˈpɒrɪndʒə) /

noun

a small dish, often with a handle, for soup, porridge, etc

Word Origin for porringer

C16: changed from Middle English potinger, poteger, from Old French potager, from potage soup, contents of a pot; see pottage

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