potlikker

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A form of pot liquor — The liquid left after boiling greens, such as collard greens, mustard greens, or turnip greens.

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Meanings

nounpotlikker (usually uncountable, plural potlikkers)

plural potlikkers

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of pot liquor.

    Mabel had given the girl her own supper portion and spooned potlikker and roots into her trembling lips until she opened her eyes again.

    2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 21–22

Origin

From pot + likker.

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APA

potlikker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potlikker

MLA

“potlikker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potlikker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potlikker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potlikker.

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