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21Pottage Pot Alley — The eastern end of what is now Westmoreland Buildings (q.v.) was so called in Rocque, 1746 …
22Pease Pottage — Infobox UK place official name = Pease Pottage country = England population = civil parish = Slaugham shire district = Mid Sussex shire county = West Sussex region = South East England constituency westminster = Horsham post town = Crawley… …
23Pease Pottage — Pease Pottage …
24Mess of pottage — The phrase mess of pottage means something of little value, with a pottage being a type of soup. Though it can appear in general use, it is usually associated with the exchange by Esau of his birthright for a meal of lentil stew, as described in… …
25Pease Pottage Village F.C. — Football club infobox clubname = Pease Pottage Village fullname = Pease Pottage Village Football Club nickname = founded = ground = Finches Field Pease Pottage capacity = chairman = manager = Bob Laundon league = Sussex County League Division… …
26Pease Pottage services — is a motorway service station on the M23 motorway near Crawley. It is owned by Moto. External links * [http://www.moto way.com/page.cfm?Section=2 location=7 Category=Home Official Moto Site Pease Pottage] *… …
27mess of pottage — noun anything of trivial value Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage • Hypernyms: ↑value, ↑economic value * * * Etymology: Middle English mes of potage; from allusion to Esau s selling of his birthright to his twin brother Jacob …
28sell your birthright for a mess of pottage — If a person sells their birthright for a mess of pottage, they accept some trivial financial or other gain, but lose something much more important. Sell your soul for a mess of pottage is an alternative form …
29a mess of pottage — something that has little or no value They sold/traded their birthright for a mess of pottage. • • • Main Entry: ↑pottage …
30sell your birthright for a mess of pottage — If a person sells their birthright for a mess of pottage, they accept some trivial financial or other gain, but lose something much more important. Sell your soul for a mess of pottage is an alternative form. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
