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widow's cruse

widow's cruse noun: an inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.

Noun

widow's cruse (plural widow's cruses)

  1. An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.
    • Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living.2005, Jan Toporowski, Theories of financial disturbance
    Synonyms:
    magic pudding

Synonyms of widow's cruse

Forms of widow's cruse

pluralwidow's cruses
alternative formwidow's cruise

Origin of widow's cruse

From the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (1 Kings 17:8–16).

Questions about widow's cruse

What does widow's cruse mean?
Widow's cruse means an inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.
What part of speech is widow's cruse?
Widow's cruse is a noun.
What is the plural of widow's cruse?
The plural of widow's cruse is widow's cruses.

Words near widow's cruse in the dictionary

  1. widow's cap
  2. widow's chamber
  3. widow's cross
  4. widow's cruise
  5. widow's cruises
  6. widow's cruse
  7. widow's cruses
  8. widow's lawn
  9. widow's man
  10. widow's mite
  11. widow's mites

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