Advertisement
Advertisement
View synonyms for porringer
porringer
[ pawr-in-jer, por- ]
noun
- a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten.
porringer
/ ˈpɒrɪndʒə /
noun
- a small dish, often with a handle, for soup, porridge, etc
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of porringer1
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of porringer1
C16: changed from Middle English potinger, poteger, from Old French potager, from potage soup, contents of a pot; see pottage
Discover More
Example Sentences
There's a haberdasher's wife of small wit near him, that railed upon me till her Pink'd porringer fell off her head.
From Project Gutenberg
Was he doomed to sit up all night, tired as he was, with Tommy in one hand, and a spoon and pewter porringer in the other?
From Project Gutenberg
Joyously she snatched down from the hook her porringer hat; her eyes shone as she thrust the enamel-headed pins through it.
From Project Gutenberg
Gretel flew to the closet and filled a porringer with the food he liked, and put it upon the floor.
From Project Gutenberg
At last Gregory ordered the silver porringer which his mother Sylvia had given to him to be handed to the mendicant.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse