porringer
(noun) a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle); “the child was eating pottage from a porringer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
porringer (plural porringers)
A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge.
(obsolete) A headdress shaped like such a dish.
Source: Wiktionary
Por"rin*ger, n. Etym: [OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F. potager a soup basin. See Porridge.]
Definition: A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 November 2024
(noun) a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; “she got a reputation as a frump”; “she’s a real dog”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
