pottle

American  

[pot-l] / ˈpɒt l /

noun

1. a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.

2. a pot or tankard of this capacity.

3. the wine or other liquid in it.

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pottle British  

/ ˈpɒtəl /

noun

1. archaic a liquid measure equal to half a gallon

2. a plastic or cardboard container for foods such as yoghurt, fruit salad, or cottage cheese

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Etymology

Origin of pottle

1250–1300; Middle English potel < Middle French, diminutive of pot pot ¹; see -elle

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Example Sentences

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pottle

To look for a needle in a pottle of hay.

From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston

Mulberries, ripe and fresh to-day, They warm and purify the blood; Have them a groat a pottle you may.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley

Id vill simbly gost you von tollar a pottle, dree bottles vor dwo tollars.

From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish

Dat vas too sheap at hellufer-tollar, but in your gase I vill make an eggsception, und you may haf von pottle vor a qvarter.

From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish

Rare ripe strawberries and Hautboys, sixpence a pottle.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley

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