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MESS OF POTTAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anything of trivial value
Example:
Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
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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