potlicker
Americannoun
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Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
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Dialect. a worthless or disgusting person or animal.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes it was milk and sometimes it would be potlicker.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
An' sometime they would crumble bread in the potlicker an give us spoons an we would stan' roun' the pot an' eat.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
I's raise on greens and pork and potlicker and 'taters and ash-cake.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
We et yellow bread and greens and black-eyed peas and potlicker and sopped 'lasses.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
What dey give chillun de most of was potlicker poured over cornbread crumbs in a long trough.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
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