widow's cruse en · NOUN
Etymology
From the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (1 Kings 17:8–16).
Meanings
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An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.
Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living.
2005, Jan Toporowski, Theories of financial disturbance:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| widow's cruise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| widow's cruses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |