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porridge

[pawr-ij, por-]

noun

  1. a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.



porridge

/ ˈɒɪ /

noun

  1. a dish made from oatmeal or another cereal, cooked in water or milk to a thick consistency

  2. slanga term in prison (esp in the phrase do porridge )

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • porridgelike adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of porridge1

1525–35; variant of earlier poddidge, akin to pottage
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of porridge1

C16: variant (influenced by Middle English porray pottage) of pottage
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Known for bacon-and-egg ice cream, snail porridge, and theatrical dining, he was a big brand worth big bucks.

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"We used to get porridge for breakfast but not anymore. So, the children have to wait until the afternoon to have their first meal," says Ms Livio, who fled from South Sudan.

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Premium porridge brand 3Bears, for example, recently launched its own range of low ingredient breakfast cereals, in partnership with footballer Harry Kane.

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In another, Hong made a cucumber seed porridge that she thickened with tofu.

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Yes, Dickinson has gone 21st-century Dickensian; Mike pesters people for ketamine, vodka and spare change like Oliver Twist begged for porridge.

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