- skip - Brewer’s

Pot of Hospitality (The)

.

The pot au feu which in Ireland used to be shared with anyone who dropped in at mealtimes, or required refreshment.

“And the ‘pot of hospitalityʹ was set to boil upon the fire, and there was much mirth and heartiness and entertainment.”—Nineteenth Century, Oct., 1891, p. 643.

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Posthumus (Leonatus)
Posting-Bills
Posy
Pot
Pot-boilers
Pot-luck
Pot Paper
Pot-Pourri (French)
Pot Valiant
Pot-de Bière
Pot of Hospitality (The)
Potage (Jean)
Potato-bogle
Potato-bury (A)
Potato-talk. (German, Kartoffel gesprach.)
Poteen (pron. pu-teen)
Pother
Pothooks
Potiphar’s Wife
Pots
Potter