Porringer

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:08:21

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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