Meanings
plural widow's cruses · alternative widow's cruise
- An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.
Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living.
2005, Jan Toporowski, Theories of financial disturbanceSynonyms: magic pudding
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.
Origin
From the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (1 Kings 17:8–16).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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