collop

[ kol-uhp ]

/ ˈkɒl əp /

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noun

a small slice of meat, especially a small rasher of bacon.

a small slice, portion, or piece of anything.

a fold or roll of flesh on the body.

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Origin of collop

1350–1400; Middle English collop(pe), colhoppe, perhaps <Scandinavian; compare Old Swedish kolhuppadher roasted on coals, Swedish kalops, dial. kollops dish of stewed meat

Words nearby collop

collogue, colloid, colloidal, colloidal suspension, colloid chemistry, collop, collophane, collophore, colloq., colloquial, colloquialism

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How to use collop in a sentence

Then he took a great collop of it, and carried it away in his mouth.
Tales from the Old French|Various
Who can do him a red deer collop, except Sally herself, as I can?
Lorna Doone|R. D. Blackmore
But now you go into the parlour, dear, while I do your collop.
Lorna Doone|R. D. Blackmore
Riding onward from El Gallo, Mr. Ruxton turned aside from the regular route to kill an antelope and broil a collop for breakfast.
Some Heroes of Travel|W. H. Davenport Adams

The third daughter says to her mother: "Mother, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop, for I'm going away to seek my fortune."
More English Fairy Tales|Various

British Dictionary definitions for collop

collop

/ (ˈkɒləp) /

noun dialect

a slice of meat

a small piece of anything

Word Origin for collop

C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish kalops meat stew

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