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MESS OF POTTAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mess of pottage mean?
• MESS OF POTTAGE (noun)
The noun MESS OF POTTAGE has 1 sense:
1. anything of trivial value
Familiarity information: MESS OF POTTAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anything of trivial value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage
Hypernyms ("mess of pottage" is a kind of...):
economic value; value (the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else)
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