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  • noun Plural form of potluck.

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Examples

  • Already the McConnell family, who live in Spokane, Wash., must avoid social functions, such as potlucks and birthday parties, and public areas to minimize Jett's risk of peanut exposure.

    ABC News: ABCNews 2009

  • A paragon of virtue: her daughters clean and polite, her words kind, her potlucks impeccable.

    The Poet Linda Simoni-Wastila 2011

  • So I have discovered that if you adhere to a few common-sense guidelines as you totter through the seasonal minefield of office parties, neighborhood potlucks and family get-togethers, you can feast and frolic without incurring an excessive shroud of post-holiday guilt.

    Neil Zevnik: Strategies For Healthy Holiday Feasting Neil Zevnik 2011

  • So I have discovered that if you adhere to a few common-sense guidelines as you totter through the seasonal minefield of office parties, neighborhood potlucks and family get-togethers, you can feast and frolic without incurring an excessive shroud of post-holiday guilt.

    Neil Zevnik: Strategies For Healthy Holiday Feasting Neil Zevnik 2011

  • I am really tired of the evangelical athiests who do not see they are cut from the same moral cloth as the evangelical Christians - except at least the Christians have potlucks.

    Standing up to Jesus « Dating Jesus 2009

  • When we were at architecture school, Hugh Hayden was one of the first to go beyond our typical potlucks and cooking fests, to really start exploring what it meant to construct an entire experience, designing not only the elaborate food, but also the recipients, the space, the specific sequence of events, and even the attires of participants.

    Patricia Brizzio: Food for Thought: Can Design In Food Reach New Potentials? Patricia Brizzio 2011

  • Of course the Sunday brunches and potlucks help feed the poor and preserve their dignity.

    Hani Almadhoun: 10 Things Poor People Like Hani Almadhoun 2010

  • We're going in our garages and looking for old Scrabble boards and Monopoly games and we're going to bring potlucks and just be silly from about 5 o'clock until midnight, she said.

    In L.A., dire warnings as freeway closure looms 2011

  • Of course the Sunday brunches and potlucks help feed the poor and preserve their dignity.

    Hani Almadhoun: 10 Things Poor People Like Hani Almadhoun 2010

  • We talked about a lot of cool ideas last night -- chefs doing demonstrations with lesser-known produce, themed potlucks for members, a new blog and email newsletter program.

    Long Island Dines 2009

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