Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large bowl or porringer, often having a cover, used for containing posset.
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Examples
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The small porringers are sometimes called posnets, which is an old-time word that may originally have referred to a posset-cup.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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So saying, she put the silver posset-cup with the ale into Jenny's hands and assuming her mantle with the alacrity of one determined to sacrifice inclination to duty, she hid the stewpan under its folds, and commanded Wilsa, the little mulatto girl, to light them across the street.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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So saying, she put the silver posset-cup with the ale into Jenny’s hands and assuming her mantle with the alacrity of one determined to sacrifice inclination to duty, she hid the stewpan under its folds, and commanded
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