porridge
Example Sentences
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In the Starkadders’ home, breakfast means congealed porridge, and cows are called Feckless, Aimless, Graceless and Pointless.
“In that case, have a hearty breakfast brought to my room. A bowl of hot porridge would hit the spot, with a spoonful of jam—why, what is that in your hand?”
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Even at Swanburne, a birthday girl might sometimes get a spoonful of jam in her porridge.
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Books and pencils and porridge oats get dearer by the day, and the girls go through embroidery floss at an alarming rate.
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Although the cook was nowhere in sight, she discovered a big pot of porridge keeping warm on the kitchen hearth.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
