Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thick, often creamy soup.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Soup.
- noun An obsolete form of
pottage .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
pottage .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a thick creamy
soup
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun thick (often creamy) soup
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However winds blow, or time flies, or spoons stir, our potage, which is now so piping hot, will never get cold.
The Virginians 2006
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However winds blow, or time flies, or spoons stir, our potage, which is now so piping hot, will never get cold.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Barbara declared afterwards, was magnificent, and plodded her way through bread sponges flavoured with soup, assuring the distressed cook that it was really quite remarkable "potage," and that she had never tasted anything like it before -- all of which, of course, was perfectly true.
Barbara in Brittany E. A. Gillie 1907
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We're selling off our birthright for a mess of potage in the form of a few container ships of flat-screen TVs.
Ian Fletcher: Gov. Buddy Roemer Calls for Withdrawal From NAFTA, WTO Ian Fletcher 2011
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We're selling off our birthright for a mess of potage in the form of a few container ships of flat-screen TVs.
Ian Fletcher: Gov. Buddy Roemer Calls for Withdrawal From NAFTA, WTO Ian Fletcher 2011
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My secret weapon is hearty vegetable potage; I ate it as a kid in France and have always loved it.
Karine Bakhoum: Souper Tasty Resolutions for 2012 Karine Bakhoum 2012
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My secret weapon is hearty vegetable potage; I ate it as a kid in France and have always loved it.
Karine Bakhoum: Souper Tasty Resolutions for 2012 Karine Bakhoum 2012
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Aunt Marie-Françoise is bringing her gâteau de marron and soup bowls for her daughter's potage ...
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We're selling off our birthright for a mess of potage in the form of a few container ships of flat-screen TVs.
Ian Fletcher: Gov. Buddy Roemer Calls for Withdrawal From NAFTA, WTO Ian Fletcher 2011
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We're selling off our birthright for a mess of potage in the form of a few container ships of flat-screen TVs.
Ian Fletcher: Gov. Buddy Roemer Calls for Withdrawal From NAFTA, WTO Ian Fletcher 2011
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