potlikker

See also: Potlikker, and pot likker

English

Etymology

From pot +‎ likker.

Noun

potlikker (usually uncountable, plural potlikkers)

1. Alternative spelling of pot liquor
   • 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 21–22:

     Mabel had given the girl her own supper portion and spooned potlikker and roots into her trembling lips until she opened her eyes again.

References

• Pot Liquor or Potlikker?, letter from Zell Miller to the New York Times, February 23, 1982, writing in favor of the spelling “potlikker”.