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potlikker en · NOUN

Etymology

From pot + likker.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually) Alternative spelling of pot liquor.
    alt of pot liquor
    • Mabel had given the girl her own supper portion and spooned potlikker and roots into her trembling lips until she opened her eyes again. 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 21–22:

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potlikkers Number=Plur lexicographic