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potluck

[ pot-luhk, -luhk ]

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noun

food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase:
to take potluck with a friend.
Also called potluck supper,. a meal, especially for a large group, to which participants bring various foods to be shared.
whatever is available or comes one's way:
With fluctuating interest rates, homebuyers are learning to take potluck with the banks.

Origin of potluck¹

First recorded in 1585–95; pot ¹ + luck

He loved that idea, and suggested a potluck dinner of sushi and strawberry smoothies and readings from our favorite books.

So, offer to bring a gorgeous pie (or cobbler, crisp, crumble, tart, compote or charlotte) to your next potluck invite.

Him that draws most of the potluck in this world is the same that drops most in.

Declining reluctantly an invitation to take potluck with my host, I was soon in the Avenue of the Sphinx again.

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