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widow's cruse

noun

Definition of WIDOW'S CRUSE

:  an inexhaustible supply
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Origin of WIDOW'S CRUSE

from the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (I Kings 17:8–16)
First Known Use: 1729

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