potlicker

American  

[pot-lik-er] / ˈpɒtˌlɪk ər /

Or potliker,

noun

1. Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.

2. Dialect. a worthless or disgusting person or animal.

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Example Sentences

What dey give chillun de most of was potlicker poured over cornbread crumbs in a long trough.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

Sometimes it was milk and sometimes it would be potlicker.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

I remember she brought me hot potlicker and bread down to the house of mornings when I wuz small; but I'se been tryin to 'member some words she spoke to me an' I cain't.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

Every day de big, old cowhorn blow for dinner and us have de little tin cup what us git potlicker in and meat and cornbread and salt bacon.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

I's raise on greens and pork and potlicker and 'taters and ash-cake.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration