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MESS OF POTTAGE

• 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.

• MESS OF POTTAGE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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