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chopped liver

American  

noun

  1. cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.


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Fanny is made to feel like chopped liver in the looks department, but the star radiance of these performers couldn’t help poking through the character’s humble beginnings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

And it’s also especially well suited to be served next to the chopped liver at a Passover Seder, or as a spread for matzoh throughout the holiday.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

Ms. Zabar describes the foods and other items sold at Zabar’s and the employees that sell them, and gives family recipes for Jewish staples like chopped liver and blintzes.

From New York Times • May 9, 2022

Just don’t get the idea that gold medal was chopped liver.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2021

When I woke later on, I opened the lunch bag Mameh had packed for me and inside, tucked between the knishes and matzoh balls and chopped liver, was her Polish passport, with her picture inside.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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