pottle
Americannoun
-
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
-
a pot or tankard of this capacity.
-
the wine or other liquid in it.
noun
-
archaic a liquid measure equal to half a gallon
-
a plastic or cardboard container for foods such as yoghurt, fruit salad, or cottage cheese
Etymology
Origin of pottle
1250–1300; Middle English potel < Middle French, diminutive of pot pot 1; see -elle
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And now for a stave of a song: Hurrah for the free trade!—a shout for the brave Buccaneers!—a pottle of sack!—and now, sir, I am myself again!
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
"Vill you half a pottle uf der Nearf Regulador ad dwendy cends?"
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.
One is to find a needle in a pottle of hay; the other, to discover a teller in Division Lobby when no one proposes to tell.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 by Various
"You ain'd bought a pottle uf medicine, und I can'd boder to mofe vor you."
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.
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 Standish, Burt L.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
