PORRIDGE
ADJECTIVES
19C.. ► COBBY of porridge, etc.: lumpy → Eng. dial.
1909 ► WATER BEWITCHED AND MEAL BEGRUDGED said of thin porridge → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1393 ► PAPELOTE porridge → obs.
M16. ► PAPLAR → POPLAR → POPLARS → POPLERS → POPPELARS porridge → UK criminals’ sl.
M16. ► POPLARS OF YARRUM milk porridge → UK criminals’ sl.
1682 ► STIRABOUT porridge made by stirring oatmeal (occasionally some other meal) in boiling water or milk → orig. Anglo-Irish
1742 ► MEAL-AND-BREE oatmeal porridge → Sc.
1787 ► MILK-POTAGE milk-porridge → Sc.
1818 ► HASTY-PUDDING oatmeal porridge → Eng. dial.
1819 ► SKILLIGALEE a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses
1828 ► HASTY-BROSE oatmeal porridge → Sc.
1839 ► SKILLY a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses
1843 ► THICKENS oatmeal porridge → Eng. dial.
1881 ► THICK-TOLLOLS a jocular name for oatmeal porridge → Eng. dial.
1885 ► STIRABOUT a porridge-stick → Sc.
1899 ► HARRY the remainder of the porridge left in the dish after everyone has been supplied → Eng. dial.
1899 ► MILL-GRUEL porridge made with milk → Sc.
L19.. ► MOOSH prison food, often porridge → Aust. sl.
L19.. ► MUSH prison food, often porridge → Aust. sl.
20C.. ► BURGOO stew or porridge → sl.
20C.. ► LAGGER anything sticky or greasy, such as porridge or mud → Ireland
1902 ► HASTY-DICK oatmeal porridge → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MILK AND MEAL milk-porridge → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► MILK-MADLOCKS milk-porridge → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► MILK-MEAT milk-porridge → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THICK DICKS thick porridge → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THICK-HOTS porridge made of water and oatmeal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLUTHRIE thin porridge; water-gruel → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BRAT the glazed skin of porridge → Sc. (Bk.)
1980 ► GLUE porridge → Aust. prison sl.
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