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porringer definition

por·rin·ger (pôr′in jər)

noun

a small, shallow bowl, often of pewter and usually having a flat, horizontal handle

Etymology: earlier pottanger, pottager < Fr potager, soup dish: altered by assoc. with porridge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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