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Porridge

porridge
~ n 1 a soft breakfast food made by boiling oatmeal (=crushed grain) in milk or water; oatmeal AmE 2 BrE slang a period of time spent in prison  (do porridge (=spend time in prison))
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1.
  Porridge is a thick sticky food made from oats cooked in water or milk and eaten hot, especially for breakfast. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use oatmeal) N-UNCOUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   noun  Etymology: alteration of pottage  Date: circa 1643 a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick  • porridgy adjective ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
  n. 1 a dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk. 2 sl. imprisonment. Derivatives porridgy adj. Etymology: 16th c.: alt. of POTTAGE ...
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4.
  1. (овсяная) каша 2. всякая всячина, вздор Id: to do (one's) porridge —- сл. отбывать срок ...
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5.
  noun (овсяная) каша to keep ones breath to cool ones porridge - помалкивать, не соваться с советом ...
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6.
  - c.1532, "soup of meat and vegetables," alteration of pottage, influenced by M.E. porreie, from O.Fr. poree "leek soup," from por "leek," from L. porrum "leek." Association with oatmeal is 1643, first in Scottish. ...
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