saveloy

American  

[sav-uh-loi] / ˈsæv əˌlɔɪ /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a highly seasoned, dried sausage.

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saveloy British  

/ ˈsævɪˌlɔɪ /

noun

1. a smoked sausage made from salted pork, well seasoned and coloured red with saltpetre

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Etymology

Origin of saveloy

1830–40; probably < French cervelas, Middle French cervelat < Italian cervellato Milanese sausage, originally containing pig's brains, equivalent to cervell ( o ) brain ( cerebellum ) + -ato -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Now devotees and converts from across the UK are visiting the Coventry takeaway in a pickled egg pilgrimage and saveloy sojourn.

From BBC

These included a woman complaining that she had been sent three saveloy and chips from the chip shop instead of one.

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The snack of choice was a "Sav and a Slice" - a saveloy sausage served with a slice of bread and English mustard.

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He roots among his supplies and offers me a fine piece of saveloy.

From Literature

He first worked with Leigh on the film Life is Sweet as the appalling chef Aubrey, whose signature dishes included saveloy on a bed of lychees and liver in lager.

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