2011年12月4日 星期日

2011_12_04 collop \KOL-uhp\, noun: A small slice of meat, or piece of anything.

collop \KOL-uhp\, noun:
1. A small slice of meat.
2. A small slice, portion, or piece of anything.
3. A fold or roll of flesh on the body.
He took up a knife and fork, and collop after collop disappeared.
 -- Allan Cunningham, Gowden Gibbie
There was cheesecake and spicecake, along with a most extraordinary dish, exactly like collops of bacon only sweet to the taste...
 -- Maria McCann, As Meat Loves Salt
Collop is derived from the Middle English word colhoppe meaning “a dish of stewed meat.”

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