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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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Meaning of "pot luck" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POT LUCK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POT LUCK

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Pot luck is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POT LUCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pot luck

Pot luck may refer to: ▪ Potluck, a form of group gathering, usually involving a meal ▪ Pot Luck ▪ L'Auberge espagnole, a 2002 film also released in Britain and Canada under the title Pot LuckPot Luck, a 1962 record album by Elvis Presley ▪ Pot Luck, a 1963 record album by Ramsey Lewis ▪ Potluck, a hip hop duo from Humboldt County, CA ▪ Pot-Bouille, 1882 French novel by Émile Zola...

Definition of pot luck in the English dictionary

The definition of pot luck in the dictionary is whatever food happens to be available without special preparation. Other definition of pot luck is whatever is available.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POT LUCK

pot
pot cheese
pot liquor
pot marigold
pot marjoram
pot on
pot plant
pot roast
pot scourer
pot shot
pot still
pot-au-feu
pot-bellied
pot-bound
pot-holed
pot-roast
pot-trained
pot-walloper
potability
potable

WORDS THAT END LIKE POT LUCK

buck
chuck
cluck
down on one´s luck
duck
dumb cluck
fuck
Gluck
hard luck
huck
luck
misluck
no such luck
pluck
schmuck
struck
stuck
suck
truck
try one´s luck

Synonyms and antonyms of pot luck in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pot luck» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POT LUCK

Find out the translation of pot luck to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pot luck from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pot luck» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

锅运气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pot luck
570 millions of speakers

English

pot luck
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पॉट लक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحظ وعاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удача горшка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pot sorte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাত্র ভাগ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la fortune du pot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nasib panci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pot luck
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポットラック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

냄비 운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luck pot
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nồi may mắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பானை அதிர்ஷ்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉट नशीब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pot luck
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pot fortuna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczescia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

удача горщика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oală noroc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατσαρόλα τύχη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pot geluk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pot luck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potten flaks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pot luck

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POT LUCK»

The term «pot luck» is regularly used and occupies the 76.270 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POT LUCK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pot luck

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QUOTES WITH «POT LUCK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pot luck.
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Feist
Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POT LUCK»

Discover the use of pot luck in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pot luck and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pot Luck
Beloved cooking authority Mable Hoffman brings a whole new collection of original of original one-pot dishes to the cook on the go. Includes recipes for salads, soups, sandwiches and meatless main dishes.
Mable Hoffman, Jan Robertson, 2000
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Pot Luck: Adventures in Archaeology
While many of the faces and names conjured up in the personal side of this book may be of purely local interest, Florence Lister's view of ceramic analysis is more wide-reaching, she was a pioneer of the social approach to ceramic studies.
Florence Cline Lister, 1997
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Pot Luck: Potato Recipes from Ireland
Combining the traditional and innovative, Nell Donnelly exploits the amazing capacity of the potato to fill an incredible range of soups, stews, chowders, salads, including oven-baked and easy Potato and Cheese Pie and the tantalizing taste ...
Nell Donnelly, 1987
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Pot Luck (Pot-Bouille)
Emile Zola. Pot. Luck. (Pot-Bouille). Emile Zola POT LUCK (POTBOUILLE) BY ÉMILE ZOLA TRANSLATED BY EDWARD VIZETELLY. Front Cover.
Emile Zola
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The Politics of Proverbs: From Traditional Wisdom to ...
A particularly telling example is a poster from 1941 that asked the British people to conserve food: "better pot-luck with Churchill today than humble pie under Hitler tomorrow [-] don't waste food!"34 The catchy proverbial structure of this slogan ...
Wolfgang Mieder, 1997
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Adventures of the Romeo Gang - "Pot Luck in Mexico"
However, our “Pot Luck” can only be described as an assortment of good and bad luck which occurred on this “Pot” Shrouded Marijuana Merry-Go-Round in Mexico. Maybe that photo I took in Tijuana on the “Butt End” of the “Zonkey” was an ...
Mark Ryan
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Pot-Luck; Or, the British Home Cookery Book; Over a Thousand ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
May Clarissa Gillington Byron, 2010
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Thursday is pot luck: from hearty casseroles to stir-fries ...
Gathers one hundred twenty recipes designed for everyday use which feature common ingredients and take less than thirty minutes to prepare
Time-Life Books, 1995
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Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, ...
... several about famous figures in English literature. O317.1 [1st ed., 1914] [First edition of Pot-luck or the British Home Cookery Book: Over a Thousand Recipes from Old Family Ms. Books, collected and edited by May Byron, London, New ...
Elizabeth Driver, 2008
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Pot Luck
When one man confronts contemporary society and the forces that have formed it, the experience, if it does not bring him to a greater understanding of the world, it opens his eyes to a unique perspective.
Eric Ruark, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POT LUCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pot luck is used in the context of the following news items.
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There are various civic clubs in the area
2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Pot luck meal before meeting. OPTIMIST CLUB OF BRISTOL: Bristol, Va., Euclid Ave., Food City, Thursdays, noon. «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
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Master Gardeners to present “Beekeeping and the Garden”
13, at the Orange County Expo Center, on FM 1442 in Orangefield. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm, with a pot luck supper from 6:00 – 6:30. «TheRecordLive.com, Jul 15»
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FOLLOW US ON
Green Street Recreation Center Pot luck luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Friday, Green Street Recreation Center, 814 S. Green St., Longview. Bring a dish ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»
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Recent bankruptcy filings in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Jason H. Hines and Kim T. Hines, as surety for Pot Luck Catering Inc., KB&J's Enterprises Inc., JHH Rogers LLC, JCC Pymouth LLC, Harvest ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
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MILLSAP MATTERS: New Millap Alumni president named
First Baptist Millsap will have a pot luck lunch after services today. The meal will be followed by a business meeting. Bring your favorite dish ... «Weatherford Democrat, Jul 15»
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More than pot luck: Swansea fisherman Nigel Sanders awarded for …
DANNY Buoy is his office, Swansea Bay his patch, and whelks and lobsters his weekly pay cheque. Nigel Sanders said fishing was often heavy ... «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
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Ireland get dream 2018 World Cup qualification draw
Ireland need pot luck in World Cup qualifying draw · The draw for the 2018 World Cup groups will take place in St Petersburg on Saturday ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Sepp Blatter trusts Vladimir Putin and Russia over World Cup
Ireland need pot luck in World Cup qualifying draw · Preparations for the preliminary draw for 2018. Photograph: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Garden party tips: What you need to know: The Pecks (photos)
Make it a pot luck or a weinie, sausage and smores roast over the firepit. The recent garden party The Oregonian/OregonLive threw in our ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
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Reed an example of change for the better
We'd have a pot luck and honor the pastors. And we made sure that people sat in different groups at the tables, so that the congregations mixed ... «Chaffee County Times, Jul 15»

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