widow's cruse

American  

noun

1. an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in 1 Kings 17:10–16 and 2 Kings 4:1–7.

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widow's cruse British  

noun

1. an endless or unfailing source of supply

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Etymology

Origin of widow's cruse

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

The other 17 were dry as the widow's cruse, were rapidly deteriorating into a useless mass of rust.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the U.S. today, he adds grimly, "There is no widow's cruse."

From Time Magazine Archive

Your garner and sympathy have been like the widow's cruse, and may they ever continue to be so.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

"And everything so cheap too!" exclaimed the twins gleefully, whose £200 was behaving, it appeared, very like the widow's cruse.

From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth

Had Ren� not heard of the widow's cruse?

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)