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ˈpot-ˈluck
[f. pot n.1 + luck n.]
One's luck or chance as to what may be in the pot, i.e. cooked for a meal: used in reference to a person accepting another's hospitality at a meal without any special preparation having been made for him; chiefly in phr. to take pot-luck. Also transf.
1592Nashe Four Lett. Confut. Ded., That that pure sanguine complexion of yours may never be famisht with pot lucke. 1773Graves Spir. Quixote ix. xii, The Gentleman said..he should be very welcome to take pot-luck with him. 1773F. Burney Early Diary Sept., If they have any prospect of more sport, they take pot-luck at any cottage. 1883Longm. Mag July 253 Go home with this man, take pot-luck with him..as one of the family.
attrib.1775F. Burney Early Diary, Let. Mar., [He] took the same kind of pot-luck company in those days when he was not so shy of London. 1894J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. Recoll. I. xv. 292 A suburban villa, at which he was in the habit of taking pot-luck dinner on Sunday. |