poddinger
poddinger noun: synonym of porringer (“a small cup or bowl”).
Noun
poddinger (plural poddingers)
- Synonym of porringer (“a small cup or bowl”).
- Also I gyve vnto yᵉ said Kateryne Levyt ij fetherbedds, ij bolsters, ij coverlyts, iiij paire of shetts, iiij pillowes, iiij cusshines, one chayer, and sixe newe joynyd stolys, syxe pewter platters of the best, iiijᵒʳ pewter disshes, sixe sawcers, iij poddingers, ij bell candelstycks of latten, and...1552, “Gilys Levyt, of Bury.—1552.”, in Samuel Tymms, editor, Wills and Inventories from the Registers of the Commissary of Bury St. Edmund’s and the Archdeacon of Sudbury, London: […] [F]or the...
- Two dosen & one Pratter of tynn three basons seven Poddingers, one Dosen of Tynnen dishes, one dosen & ten saucers, on pottle one quart pott, fower pottes, two saltes three Candlestickes, one tunell, all of tynne £3 10s; […] The panns poddingers & other pewter 20s; […]1625, Devon Inventories of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Devon and Cornwall & Society; 11 [New Series]), Torquay, Devon: […] [F]or the Society by The Devonshire Press Ltd., published 1966...
- Synonyms:
- porringer
Synonyms of poddinger
Forms of poddinger
| plural | poddingers |
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Origin of poddinger
From Middle English podagere, podenger, a variant or alteration of potager, potynger. Compare slightly later porringer.
Questions about poddinger
- What does poddinger mean?
- Poddinger means synonym of porringer (“a small cup or bowl”).
- What part of speech is poddinger?
- Poddinger is a noun.
- What is the plural of poddinger?
- The plural of poddinger is poddingers.
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