pottage
a thick soup made of vegetables, with or without meat.
Origin of pottage
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How to use pottage in a sentence
The effort to tame them can’t be traded away for a mess of union pottage.
Can a grand bargain empower Amazon’s workers and limit corporate power? | Nelson Lichtenstein | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostA knife or fork with horizontal handles does not sit naturally in the curved structure of a trencher or a pottage bowl.
The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’ | Bee Wilson | October 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir beverage is made from rice instead of barley, and their food consists for the most part of rice pottage.
They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage.
The Soul of Man | Oscar WildeTake salt with your knife, cut your bread, dont fill your spoon too full, or sup your pottage.
Early English Meals and Manners | Various
Mr. Churchill at Glasgow, showed the real hand and the mess of pottage so amiably offered at Berlin bought no German birthright.
The Crime Against Europe | Roger CasementIt is the spirit of Esau, who bartered the right of the first-born to the promise of the covenant for one mess of pottage.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews | Thomas Charles Edwards
British Dictionary definitions for pottage
/ (ˈpɒtɪdʒ) /
a thick meat or vegetable soup
Origin of pottage
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