lamb's fry
Britishnoun
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lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
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lamb's liver as food
Example Sentences
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The club received him with transport, and held a harmonic meeting that evening in his honor; while Mrs. Micawber and I had a lamb’s fry in private, surrounded by the sleeping family.”
From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Trumble, Alfred
The lamb's fry should be nearly all sweetbread, and very little liver.
From The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.
INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of lamb's fry, 3 pints of water, egg and bread crumbs, 1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley, salt and pepper to taste.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
"Tell 'em at hwome that I should like for supper,—well, lamb's fry if they can get it; and if they can't, black-pot; and if they can't get that, well chitterlings will do."
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
The club received him with transport, and held an harmonic meeting that evening in his honour; while Mrs. Micawber and I had a lamb's fry in private, surrounded by the sleeping family.
From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles
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