There is a good fire in the chimney, the whole window is cheery and red; the stout Mir'l is probably skimming a large potful of potatoes, and she always gives him one.
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz
The grave-digger's wife found it a long way off from the spot, and boiled a potful of potatoes over it.
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz
Wouldn't it be a jolly lark, Mr. Vavasor, if some of the rascals down below were to heat that furnace too hot, and rid us of the whole potful at one fell swoop!
"Weighed and Wanting"
George MacDonald