MESS OF POTTAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anything of trivial value

Example:

Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("mess of pottage" is a kind of...):

economic value; value (the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else)

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