she-crab soup

[ shee-krab ]

/ ˈʃiˌkræb /

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a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By nightfall, I had showered, eaten some soup that a friend brought me, and I slept in my room for 12 solid hours.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And without physical evidence, cases often come down to “he said/she said.”
No Wonder Cosby's Keeping Quiet: He Could Still Be Prosecuted|Jay Michaelson|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Someone called him a hermit crab lurking in the halls of the United Nations.
The Man Who Invented the Word ‘Genocide’|Nina Strochlic|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Once inside, he removes a cup of broccoli-cheddar soup from his bag and goes to heat it up.
The Revival of Kieran Culkin: A Reluctant Star Seizes the Spotlight|Marlow Stern|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
"There were a good many," replied Edna, who was eating her soup with evident satisfaction.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Mr. Pontellier, who was observant about such things, noticed it, as he served the soup and handed it to the boy in waiting.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Had put on her Sunday gown, and had nothing to do now but hold up her head high, and sup her soup out of a silver spoon.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Leo stood in front of the Crab, and the half darkness allowed him a glimpse of that vast blue-black back, and the motionless eyes.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling