Potluck

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Potluck \Pot"luck`\, n.
     Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for
     a meal.
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           A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on. --G.


                                                    Eliot.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {To take potluck}, to take what food may chance to be
        provided.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  potluck
       n : whatever happens to be available especially when offered to
           an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared
           by all; "having arrived unannounced we had to take
           potluck"; "a potluck supper"