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[td]== Etymology ==[/td] [td]The modern execution of a "communal meal, where guests bring their own food to share with others", most likely originated in the 1930s during the [[Great Depression]].<ref>Flora, Martin. [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/...cle/potluck-meal-innovation-due-to-depression "Potluck Meal Innovation Due to Depression: Guests Chip in With Part of Dinner"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', Chicago, 27 January 1933. Retrieved on 5 March 2017.</ref> It is a [[respelling|eggcorn]] of the [[Chinook jargon]] word for a communal meal, ''[[potlatch]]'' (meaning "to give away"), which has been a common tradition among the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|North American indigenous people]] for centuries.[/td]
[td]The modern execution of a "communal meal, where guests bring their own food to share with others", most likely originated in the 1930s during the [[Great Depression]].<ref>Flora, Martin. [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/...cle/potluck-meal-innovation-due-to-depression "Potluck Meal Innovation Due to Depression: Guests Chip in With Part of Dinner"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', Chicago, 27 January 1933. Retrieved on 5 March 2017.</ref> It is a [[eggcorn|respelling]] of the [[Chinook jargon]] word for a communal meal, ''[[potlatch]]'' (meaning "to give away"), which has been a common tradition among the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|North American indigenous people]] for centuries.[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]== Etymology ==[/td] [td]The modern execution of a "communal meal, where guests bring their own food to share with others", most likely originated in the 1930s during the [[Great Depression]].<ref>Flora, Martin. [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/...cle/potluck-meal-innovation-due-to-depression "Potluck Meal Innovation Due to Depression: Guests Chip in With Part of Dinner"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', Chicago, 27 January 1933. Retrieved on 5 March 2017.</ref> It is a [[respelling|eggcorn]] of the [[Chinook jargon]] word for a communal meal, ''[[potlatch]]'' (meaning "to give away"), which has been a common tradition among the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|North American indigenous people]] for centuries.[/td]
[td]The modern execution of a "communal meal, where guests bring their own food to share with others", most likely originated in the 1930s during the [[Great Depression]].<ref>Flora, Martin. [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/...cle/potluck-meal-innovation-due-to-depression "Potluck Meal Innovation Due to Depression: Guests Chip in With Part of Dinner"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', Chicago, 27 January 1933. Retrieved on 5 March 2017.</ref> It is a [[eggcorn|respelling]] of the [[Chinook jargon]] word for a communal meal, ''[[potlatch]]'' (meaning "to give away"), which has been a common tradition among the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|North American indigenous people]] for centuries.[/td] [td][/td]
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