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Meaning of PORRINGER

Pronunciation:  'pâreenjur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle) from which children eat
 
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 See Also: bowl

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Por"rin*ger\, n. [OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F.
potager a soup basin. See {Porridge}.]
A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat
or are fed; as, a silver porringer. --Wordsworth.
 

 

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