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Meaning of Porringer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge.
  2. A headdress shaped like such a dish.
    obsolete

Equivalents

العربية الصحن

Examples

“There was a little clutch of boiled eggs as well, in their own special heater, and porridge, in a silver porringer.”
“Wife of small wit, neere him, that rail'd vpon me, till her pinck'd porrenger fell off her head”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

porringerful porritoxinol Porritt porriwiggle Porro Porro prism

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