saveloy
a highly seasoned, dried sausage.
Origin of saveloy
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How to use saveloy in a sentence
saveloy, sav′e-loi, n. a kind of sausage made of meat chopped and seasoned, orig.
He had breakfasted off a saveloy; we saw on a plate, with some crumbs of bread, the remains of that too familiar delicacy.
Z. Marcas | Honore de BalzacYou were welcomed to his venison when he had it—his present saveloy was equally at your service.
Lisa, still absent-minded, gave her the black-pudding and slices of saveloy.
The Fat and the Thin | Emile Zolasaveloy, a kind of sausage; French cervelas, from its containing brains.
The Battle of the Bays | Owen Seaman
British Dictionary definitions for saveloy
/ (ˈsævɪˌlɔɪ) /
a smoked sausage made from salted pork, well seasoned and coloured red with saltpetre
Origin of saveloy
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