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Webster 1913 Edition


Porringer

Por′rin-ger

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Porringer

POR'RINGER

, n.
1.
A small metal vessel in which children eat porridge or milk, or used in the nursery for warming liquors.
2.
A head-dress in the shape of a porringer; in contempt.

Definition 2024


porringer

porringer

English

Noun

porringer (plural porringers)

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