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potluck

[pot-luhk, -luhk] Origin

pot·luck

[pot-luhk, -luhk]
noun
1.
food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
2.
Also called potluck supper, potluck dinner, potluck lunch. a meal, especially for a large group, to which participants bring various foods to be shared.
3.
whatever is available or comes one's way: With fluctuating interest rates, homebuyers are learning to take potluck with the banks.

Origin:
1585–95; pot1 + luck
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Potluck is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

potluck
1592, from pot (1) + luck, with notion of "one's luck or chance as to what may be in the pot."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

potluck

see take potluck.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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