pottles

Noun

pottle (plural pottles)

1. (archaic) A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size.
   • Why, he drinks you, with facility, your Dane dead drunk; he sweats not to overthrow your Almain; he gives your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be filled.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
2. (New Zealand) A small food container, usually made of plastic or cardboard, typically used for containing hot chips, yoghurt or other foodstuffs.
   • Outside, I ripped open the bag to reveal the chips were sitting inside a paper pottle. A pottle!2019, Tara Ward, “The Spinoff Reviews New Zealand #94: Ōkato’s award-winning hot chips”, in The Spinoff
3. (archaic) A small pot or other receptacle, e.g. for strawberries.
   • Strawberry pottles are often half cabbage leaves, a few tempting strawberries being displayed on the top of the pottle.1851, Henry Mayhew, “Of the tricks of costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume I

   Synonyms:

   punnet

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