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pottage
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pottage
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pottage
/
ˈ
pɑːtɪʤ/
noun
pottage
/
ˈ
pɑːtɪʤ/
noun
Learner's definition of POTTAGE
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old-fashioned
:
a thick soup of vegetables and often meat
a mess of pottage
:
something that has little or no value
They sold/traded their birthright for
a mess of pottage
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