What does porridge-stick mean?
Porridge-stick means A wooden stick used to stir porridge when cooking..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A wooden stick used to stir porridge when cooking..
When they came past the kitchen, the door was open and the cook was just boiling porridge, but when she saw Hans and his train after him, she rushed out of the door with the porridge-stick in one hand and a big ladle full of boiling porridge in the other, and she laughed till her sides shook; but when she saw the smith there as well she thought she would have burst with laughter.
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Porridge-stick means A wooden stick used to stir porridge when cooking..
Common synonyms include spurtle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When they came past the kitchen, the door was open and the cook was just boiling porridge, but when she saw Hans and his train after him, she rushed out of the door with the porridge-stick in one hand and a big ladle full of boiling porridge in the other, and she laughed till her sides shook; but when she saw the smith there as well she thought she would have burst with laughter.
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