Definitions for: Potluck

[n] whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all; "having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck"; "a potluck supper"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pot"luck`, n.
Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for
a meal.

A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on. --G.
Eliot.

To take potluck, to take what food may chance to be
provided.

See Also: meal, repast