more gruel
- porridgeBoiled grain dish
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- bowlConcave food container
- thinSmall in diameter
- wateryContaining excess liquid
Oliver Twist · oats · hungry · rations · gruel · slop · meager · orphan · Dickens · ladled · starving · seconds · poverty · broth · tasteless · bland · institutional · subsistence
quality of fare
more gruelgourmet meal
Expertly crafted fine food
fine dining · delicacies · haute cuisine · feast · banquet
social position/treatment
more gruelsilver spoon
Symbol of inherited wealth
royal treatment · lap of luxury · lord of the manor · fatted calf · entitlement