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pot-licker

pot-licker is the alternative form of potlicker.

Meaning of potlicker

Noun

potlicker (plural potlickers)

  1. (Canada, Caribbean, US) A mongrel dog.
  2. (Canada, US, rare) A contemptible person.

Forms of pot-licker

pluralpot-lickers

Questions about pot-licker

What is pot-licker the alternative form of?
Pot-licker is the alternative form of potlicker.

Words near pot-licker in the dictionary

  1. pot-hooks
  2. pot-house
  3. pot-houses
  4. pot-in-pot
  5. pot-kettle-black
  6. pot-licker
  7. pot-luck
  8. pot-pie
  9. pot-pies
  10. pot-plant
  11. pot-plants

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