water-porridge

noun

Porridge made by cooking rolled oats in water.

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Meanings

nounwater-porridge (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePorridge made by cooking rolled oats in water.

    Six-, seven- and eight-year-olds, working a sixteen-hour day on a breakfast of water-porridge.

    2016, John Buxton Hilton, The Quiet Stranger, →ISBN
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    At seven they all came in to breakfast, which consisted of one large dish of water-porridge, made of oat-meal, water and a little salt, boiled thick, and poured into a dish.

    1842, James Wheeler, Manchester

    He looked back upon his workhouse life with a sickening yearning, and when he remembered the regular and abundant meals of the House, his gorge rose at the ever-recurring surfeit of water-porridge to breakfast, water-porridge to dinner, water-porridge to supper, and water-porridge between meals.

    2017, Daniel Frederick, Edward Sykes, Tom Pinder, Foundling, →ISBN
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