mock turtle soup

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noun

a rich, clear soup prepared to resemble green turtle soup, made with a calf's head or other meat, seasonings, and often with wine.

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Origin of mock turtle soup

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby mock turtle soup

mock orange, mock pendulum, mock pennyroyal, mock sun, mocktail, mock turtle soup, mockumentary, mock-up, mod, modacrylic fiber, modal

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How to use mock turtle soup in a sentence

She jumps on his back, mock-choking him and covering his eyes.
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Satirists are reliant ultimately on the very establishment they mock.
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There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.
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By nightfall, I had showered, eaten some soup that a friend brought me, and I slept in my room for 12 solid hours.
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He's so white he's almost mock-white, and so are his jerky, long-necked, mechanical-man movements.
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For others life is but a foolish leisure with mock activities and mimic avocations to mask its uselessness.
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She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
"There were a good many," replied Edna, who was eating her soup with evident satisfaction.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Now men laughed at him, pointed to him with their fingers, and made their children mock and hoot the penniless insolvent.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Mr. Pontellier, who was observant about such things, noticed it, as he served the soup and handed it to the boy in waiting.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

British Dictionary definitions for mock turtle soup

mock turtle soup

noun

an imitation turtle soup made from a calf's head

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