Irish stew

noun

1. a stew usually made of mutton, lamb, or beef, with potatoes, onions, etc.

Irish stew

noun

1. a white stew made of mutton, lamb, or beef, with potatoes, onions, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of Irish stew¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

I seldom after it have an appetite, even for Irish-stew or toad-in-the-hole.

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Use boiled peanuts instead of nutmese and raw nut butter, and rice (not too much) in place of potato, in Nut Irish Stew.

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No; but he has been waiting half an hour for the Irish Stew which I have just annexed.

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