Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Porringer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Porringer \Por"rin*ger\, n. [OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F.
potager a soup basin. See {Porridge}.]
A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat
or are fed; as, a silver porringer. --Wordsworth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
porringer
n : a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle) from which
children eat
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