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porringer


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Porringer  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  porringer 
  n  :  a  shallow  metal  bowl  (usually  with  a  handle)  from  which 
  children  eat 




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