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Meanings of pot liquor in English

The liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked.

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Examples for "liquor"
Examples for "liquor"
1
The region's public health authorities were in favour of the liquor bans.
Radio NZ
2
The social factor in the liquor traffic is its Gibraltar of defense.
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes
3
Police confiscated firearms and liquor and will continue to monitor the area.
The South African
4
This results in private clubs whose main purpose is to serve liquor.
The new yorker
5
You are a physician; you know the vagaries of men in liquor.
The Ragged Edge
1
They'd give us pot likker with bread crumbs in it.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
2
These were cared for by an old woman who called them twice a day and fed them " pot likker" (vegetable broth) and skimmed milk.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
Usage of pot liquor in English
1
Dey'd po' hot pot liquor in de tray an crumble braid in hit.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
2
They would give the little bits of children pot liquor.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
3
Serve the greens hot with plenty of the pot liquor.
Ebony
4
The children mostly were raised on pot liquor.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
5
She did it with a little pot liquor a little melon, or a pinch of herbs from the garden.
Ebony
6
Butter or Beef Dripping * 2 quarts of Water or Pot Liquor * Crusts of Bread * Salt and Pepper-2d
The Art of Living in Australia / Together with Three Hundred Aus...