pot liquor

or pot-liquor

noun

Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.

Origin of pot liquor

First recorded in 1735–45

Words nearby pot liquor

Potiphar, potjie , potlatch, potlicker, potline, pot liquor, potluck, potman, pot marigold, pot marjoram, pot metal

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Example sentences from the Web for pot liquor

I gave him a dose of syrup of buckthorn, and put him on a diet of pot-liquor and vegetables till further orders.
The Moonstone|Wilkie Collins
Sometimes they get a bit of cheese or bacon, but not often, and a good deal of strong cabbage, soddened with pot-liquor.
The Toilers of the Field|Richard Jefferies
Use the pot-liquor in which it was boiled, with quarter of a pound of rice, for the next morning's breakfast.
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six|Juliet Corson
For dinner they had meat boiled and one other thing like cabbage, and the children got the pot-liquor.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration

British Dictionary definitions for pot liquor

pot liquor

noun

mainly US the broth in which meat, esp pork or bacon, and vegetables have been cooked

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单词	pot liquor
释义	pot liquor or pot-liquor noun Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked. Origin of pot liquor First recorded in 1735–45 Words nearby pot liquor Potiphar, potjie , potlatch, potlicker, potline, pot liquor, potluck, potman, pot marigold, pot marjoram, pot metal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pot liquor I gave him a dose of syrup of buckthorn, and put him on a diet of pot-liquor and vegetables till further orders. The Moonstone\|Wilkie Collins Sometimes they get a bit of cheese or bacon, but not often, and a good deal of strong cabbage, soddened with pot-liquor. The Toilers of the Field\|Richard Jefferies Use the pot-liquor in which it was boiled, with quarter of a pound of rice, for the next morning's breakfast. Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six\|Juliet Corson For dinner they had meat boiled and one other thing like cabbage, and the children got the pot-liquor. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves\|Work Projects Administration British Dictionary definitions for pot liquor pot liquor noun mainly US the broth in which meat, esp pork or bacon, and vegetables have been cooked Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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