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lobster Newburg

American  
Or lobster Newburgh

noun

  1. (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.


lobster Newburg British  
/ ˈnjuːbɜːɡ /

noun

  1. lobster cooked in a rich cream sauce flavoured with sherry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of lobster Newburg

1910–15; Newburg is unexplained

Example Sentences

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The chicken in puff pastry with riesling sauce, lobster Newburg and veal goulash served with roasted peppers and caraway dumplings are a few of his new dishes.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Other menu items in the works include crab cakes, crab legs with remoulade, lobster Newburg, cucumber salad, Waldorf salad, coquille St-Jacques, double pork chop smothered with mushroom and caramelized onion cream sauce and more.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2014

"The danger is overcooking a casserole or, say, lobster Newburg if the lobster's already been cooked," said Marianne LaCroix, director of marketing for the Maine Lobster Promotion Council.

From US News • Dec. 7, 2011

The episode ended in the deathless friendship of Sebastian and Ryder, solemnized at a luncheon of plovers' eggs and lobster Newburg.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lobster Newburg made my lunch rather an expensive one, and, of course, I had to tip that boy for what he did to the Kestrel-Smith locks. 

From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki

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