English Explanatory Dictionary

widow's cruse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.

Word forms

widow's cruse widow's cruses widow's cruise

Etymology

From the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (1 Kings 17:8–16).

Synonyms

magic pudding
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