porridge pot

noun

The pot in which porridge is cooked or flesh and vegetables are boiled for food.

Meanings

nounporridge pot (plural porridge pots)

plural porridge pots

  1. The pot in which porridge is cooked or flesh and vegetables are boiled for food.

Origin

First use appears c. 1578 in the writings of John Lyly.

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