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
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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 Mrs. W. G. Waters
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 Alfred Trumble
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 Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
The fry of the young seals we thought extremely good, not exceeded even by the finest lamb's fry.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
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 Charles Dickens
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