mock turtle soup
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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How to use mock turtle soup in a sentence
Mr. Withering's suffrage can always be bought by a mock-turtle soup, and a glass of Roman punch after it.
Barrington | Charles James LeverSome add wine and liquor, the same as to the mock-turtle soup, but this is according to taste.
You can make cabbage soup out of it, or mock-turtle soup, if you prefer.
Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series | August StrindbergThen, calling jocularly across the room, "Say Alexander, got any mock turtle soup tonight?"
Lord Loveland Discovers America | C. N. WilliamsonSay, this is all right, declared Tom, as he tasted the mock-turtle soup.
Tom Fairfield in Camp | Allen Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for mock turtle soup
an imitation turtle soup made from a calf's head
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