potluck
pot·luck
noun
1.
whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all
- “having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck”
- “a potluck supper”
Origin
From pot + luck. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sense 3 (“a shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought”) is unlikely to have been influenced by potlatch.
Phrases
- potluck dinner
- take potluck
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Broader terms
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