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pot liquor

pot liquor

noun
Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.
Also, pot-liq·uor.


Origin:
1735–45
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pot liquor
 
n
chiefly (US) the broth in which meat, esp pork or bacon, and vegetables have been cooked

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