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mess of pottage

DEFINITIONS OF: mess of pottage

1

n anything of trivial value

“Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage”
Type 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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