Scotch woodcock

American  

noun

1. toast spread with anchovy paste and topped with loosely scrambled eggs.

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Scotch woodcock British  

noun

1. hot toast spread with anchovies or anchovy paste and topped with creamy scrambled eggs

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Etymology

Origin of Scotch woodcock

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Bordeaux will be ransacked for pigeons, Scotland for Scotch woodcock, Wales for rabbits, Sardinia for sardines, and Turkey for rhubarb.

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"Early Scotch woodcock, I suppose," says I, sportively alluding to the proverb.

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Accordingly the Patron's rhapsodies fell on impatient ears, and when he continued his importunities over the Scotch woodcock and ale, the Painter was impelled to express the sense of the meeting.

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Use any of the cheese mixtures given for Scotch woodcock, mock crab, &c.

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