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Pitch-In Supper (1923); Food Dictionary
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Richard Wright
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On 6 Sep 2004 23:09:47 -0700,
(Barry Popik) wrote:
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>Pitch-in: A gathering where everyone contributes a dish to eat, known
>by the rest of the English-speaking world as a potluck.
Are you sure about the rest of the English-speaking world? I'm from
England and Aus and don't sense this meaning in potluck.
Nor does OED. "One's luck or chance as to what may be in the pot, i.e.
cooked for a meal: used in reference to a person accepting another's
hospitality at a meal without any special preparation having been made
for him; chiefly in phr. to take pot-luck."
That's almost the opposite of pitch-in.
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