mess of pottage
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Noun | 1. | mess of pottage - anything of trivial value; "Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage" economic value, value - the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices" |
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