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pot liquor — the liquid left after meat and vegetables have been cooked, often used for broth or gravy: also potlikker or potlickker n … English World dictionary
pot liquor — noun the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked • Syn: ↑liquor, ↑pot likker • Hypernyms: ↑broth, ↑stock * * * ˈpot liquor 7 [pot liquor] … Useful english dictionary
pot liquor — Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked. Also, pot liquor. [1735 45] * * * … Universalium
pot liquor — pot′ liq uor n. dial. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked • Etymology: 1735–45 … From formal English to slang
pot liquor — noun Date: 1744 the liquid left in a pot after cooking something … New Collegiate Dictionary
pot-liquor — … Useful english dictionary
pot|lik|ker — pot|lick|er or pot|lik|ker «POT LIHK uhr», noun. = pot liquor. (Cf. ↑pot liquor) … Useful english dictionary
pot|lick|er — or pot|lik|ker «POT LIHK uhr», noun. = pot liquor. (Cf. ↑pot liquor) … Useful english dictionary
pot — 1. to kill by shooting Referring to hunting for the cooking pot, but now also used of attempts to kill or wound: ... wasn t anything much else to shoot at so I took to potting them. (Sharpe, 1978) A pot shot is one taken without… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
liquor — 1. noun /ˈlɪ.kə(ɹ),ˈlɪ.kɝ/ a) A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both). b) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation. Syn: spirits … Wiktionary
