Associations to the word «Porringer»

Wiktionary

PORRINGER, noun. A small cup or bowl usually with a handle.
PORRINGER, noun. A small, pewter dish that colonial Americans ate their porridge from.

Dictionary definition

PORRINGER, noun. A shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle); "the child was eating pottage from a porringer".

Wise words

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