pope's eye
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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Of black-faced mutton it makes a fine roast, and the piece of fat in it called the pope's eye, is considered a delicate morceau by epicures.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
Our good Annie would cook for you; and you should have the hot new milk and the pope's eye from the mutton; and every foot of you would become a yard in about a fortnight.'
From Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
He stopped short, having caught a look from the pope's eye, searching his face intently.
From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil
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