collop

[kol-uh p]

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.

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

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Examples from the Web for collop

Historical Examples of collop

Wherever grass grows there will a Kerry calf or "collop" be found.
Disturbed Ireland
Bernard H. Becker
But now you go into the parlour, dear, while I do your collop.
Lorna Doone
R. D. Blackmore
He knew him when he began with a collop of sheep as his property in the world.
The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent
S.M. Hussey
Then came a very strange dish: it was a collop cut from a living fish wriggling on the sideboard.
Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880
Various
Miss Collop arrived last night,” I smiled, “and the Princess has a thirst for the inédit.
The Death of the Lion
Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for collop

collop

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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