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pot likker

pot likker is the alternative spelling of pot liquor.

Meaning of pot liquor

Noun

pot liquor (usually uncountable, plural pot liquors)

  1. (Southern US, usually) The liquid left after boiling greens, such as collard greens, mustard greens, or turnip greens.
    Synonyms:
    collard liquor

Forms of pot likker

pluralpot likkers

Questions about pot likker

What is pot likker the alternative spelling of?
Pot likker is the alternative spelling of pot liquor.

Words near pot likker in the dictionary

  1. pot holes
  2. pot kettle black
  3. pot lace
  4. pot lead
  5. pot life
  6. pot likker
  7. pot limit
  8. pot liquor
  9. pot liquors
  10. pot lives
  11. pot luck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pot likker (page history and authors); pot liquor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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