Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pottage-maker; a cook.
  • noun A porringer.

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Examples

  • "pottinger," or apothecary, as in the real old Scotch affair.

    A Collection of Ballads Andrew Lang 1878

  • One matter in especial, which I deemed should stand me in the greatest stead, I purchased for gold of the pottinger at Tours, the same who had nursed me after my wound.

    A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878

  • But we know, from Knox, that ballads were recited against the Maries, and that one of the Mary's chamberwomen was hanged, with her lover, a pottinger, or apothecary, for getting rid of her infant.

    A Collection of Ballads Andrew Lang 1878

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    Lori Pottinger: Avatar: Should Brazil Ban the Film? 2010

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    Lori Pottinger: The Right Climate for Green Energy in Africa 2009

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    Lori Pottinger: A Good Week for Rivers 2009

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    Lori Pottinger: Not-So-Muddy Waters Put Millions at Risk 2009

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    Lori Pottinger: The Wrong Climate for Big Dams in Africa 2009

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    Lori Pottinger: Dammed Crazy: What Do California's Water Woes Teach Us? 2009

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    Lori Pottinger: Avatar: Should Brazil Ban the Film? 2010

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