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单词 plum porridge
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plum porridgen.

Brit. /ˌplʌm ˈpɒrɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpləm ˈpɔrɪdʒ/
Forms: see plum n. and porridge n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plum n., porridge n.
Etymology: < plum n. + porridge n.
Now historical.
A thick soup or porridge (porridge n. 1) containing raisins, currants, spices, etc., often flavoured with brandy, claret, or another liquor and traditionally served at Christmas.Perhaps originally containing prunes (see note at plum n. 4a).
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polentaOE
papelotec1400
pottagea1500
crowdy-mowdy?a1513
drowsen1519
pease porridge?1548
plum pottage1574
sowens1582
grout1587
orgementa1590
plum porridge1591
loblolly1597
pease pottage1600
girt-brew1620
washbrew1620
lentil-porridge1622
hominy1630
porridgea1643
samp1643
nettle-pottage1659
nettle-porridge1661
crowdie1668
suppawn1670
mush1671
rockahominy1674
stirabouta1691
praiseach1698
sagamité1698
brochan1700
atole1716
burgoo1750
purry1751
fungee1789
pepper porridge1803
kasha1808
mamaliga1808
skilligalee1819
bean-porridge1821
skilly1839
sap porridge1842
corn-mush1846
oatmeal mush1850
pap1858
ugali1860
oatmeal1873
mealie-meal1880
mealie-pap1880
uji1889
sadza1899
nsima1907
putu papa1910
posho1927
putu1949
ogi1957
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1591 J. Lyly Endimion v. ii. sig. H4 A great platter of plum-porrige of pleasure, wherein is stued the mutton of mistrust.
1608 T. Heywood Rape of Lucrece sig. Ev My Lords, the best plumporedge in all Rome cooles for your honours.
1651 T. Randolph Hey for Honesty ii. v. 17 And whence our greatest grief does rise, No Plumb-porredg, nor no Plumbpudding pies.
1698 W. King Journey to London 5 Prunes..they have not had enough to lay round their Plum-porridge at Christmas.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses v. 21 Plumb-porridge and Minc'd Pies.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 261 His temper, which had been soured and shrivelled by disappointment and chagrin, is now swelled out, and smoothed like a raisin in plum-porridge.
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. Introd. 302 There the huge sirloin reeked; hard by Plumb-porridge stood, and Christmas pye.
1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle xviii. 277 The boar's head..led the van. Then came tureens of plum-porridge; then a series of turkeys.
1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster II. xiv. 46 After the lobscouse they had plum-porridge and shrid-pies, with as much strong ale as they could carry, and more.
1901 Daily Chron. 25 Dec. 5/1 The plum-pudding may be said..to have supplanted entirely the older dish of plum-porridge, with its congeners the December and Christmas pies.
1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vi. 228 Plum porridge, like the Christmas puddings of more recent times, was usually laced with liquor such as claret and sack.
2002 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 20 Dec. 18 This then lost its meat content and evolved into a plum porridge, laced with claret or brandy, mixed some months before, then stored.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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