witches' cauldron
See also: witches cauldron and Witches Cauldron
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- witch's cauldron, witch cauldron
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witches' cauldron (plural witches' cauldrons)
- A large mist/smoke-filled black iron pot, sterotypically used by European witches to brew potions and cast spells. Typically found depicted in illustration, stage and screen. Found closely associated with the Shakespeare phrase double double toil and trouble originating from the Scottish play, copied for use in others' works (usually as bubble, bubble, toil and trouble).
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