pot liquor
or pot-liq·uor
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noun
Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.
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Origin of pot liquor
First recorded in 1735–45
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Examples from the Web for pot liquor
Historical Examples of pot liquor
A negro woman cooked the corn-bread and pot-liquor, with which they were fed by her or some other slave.
The Brothers' WarJohn Calvin Reed
I gave him a dose of syrup of buckthorn, and put him on a diet of pot-liquor and vegetables till further orders.
The MoonstoneWilkie Collins
Sometimes they get a bit of cheese or bacon, but not often, and a good deal of strong cabbage, soddened with pot-liquor.
The Toilers of the FieldRichard Jefferies
For dinner they had meat boiled and one other thing like cabbage, and the children got the pot-liquor.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former SlavesWork Projects Administration
Use the pot-liquor in which it was boiled, with quarter of a pound of rice, for the next morning's breakfast.
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of SixJuliet Corson
pot liquor
noun
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