porridge

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noun

Plural noun:

porridgesparritchporageporrige

1.
(uncountable, usually)A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
Eat your porridge while it's hot!
2.
(British, slang, uncountable, usually)A prison sentence.
Just do your porridge and keep your head down.
3.
(rare, uncountable, usually)A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

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Nguồn gốc từ

Variant of pottage, influenced by porray (stew of leeks). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.