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   porridge

   /ˈpɒrɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk. British
   • 2. time spent in prison: informal British "I'm sweating it out doing porridge"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting soup thickened with barley): alteration of pottage. Sense 2 dates from the 1950s.

   Derivatives

   • 1. porridgy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   • O

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   • R

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