porringer

English

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English potynger, potager (“small dish for stew”), from Old French potage. See also porridge.

Noun

porringer (plural porringers)

  1. A small cup or bowl usually with a handle.
  2. (obsolete) A headdress shaped like such a dish.
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  3. (historical) A small pewter dish that colonial Americans ate their porridge from.
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