saveloy
Americannoun
noun
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 ( see cerebellum) + -ato -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Now devotees and converts from across the UK are visiting the Coventry takeaway in a pickled egg pilgrimage and saveloy sojourn.
From BBC • May 31, 2022
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.
From BBC • May 25, 2014
When do you think, 'Well, I prefer a nice little saveloy to a battered cod.
From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2010
He roots among his supplies and offers me a fine piece of saveloy.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Lisa, still absent-minded, gave her the black-pudding and slices of saveloy.
From The Fat and the Thin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
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