Should Pot Luck Be Hyphenated?

To take pot luck is to bring food with one to a party." In 16th century 'pot-luck' was almost always hyphenated, which points to an earlier time when it was written as two words. The ongoing effort to digitise old manuscripts may turn up a pre-16th century 'potte lucke' - we'll just have to take our chance on that.

Is pot luck one or two words?

food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend. Also called potluck supper, potluck dinner, potluck lunch .

How do you use potluck in a sentence?

If you hope the party will rage into lunch, make it a potluck. Here guests play a big role, setting out potluck platters of finger foods. So, offer to bring a gorgeous pie to your next potluck invite. Food is provided, at least in part, by members of the community, thereby creating daily potluck dinners.