potluck

ˌpɒtˈlʌk

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#1·6h ago

(dated) A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available.

Here are some leftover beans and meat; we can make a good potluck stew from them.

Origin: From . According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sense 3 (“a shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought”) is unlikely to have been influenced by potlatch. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·6h ago

(by extension) Whatever is available in a particular situation.

During my Stay here, I was going to take Pot-Luck with Colonel Ingram, and accidentally meeting him in the Way, I told him I deſigned to ſoul a Plate with him,

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#3·6h ago

(originally, Canada, US) A shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought (sometimes without prior arrangement); a potlatch; also, a dish of food brought to such a meal.

Me, to pot-luck, may any friend invite: / The treat, I can return, is my delight.

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