fricassee
noun
meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
was fricasseeing
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past progressiveof fricassee.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The old woman was fricasseeing a chicken for dinner in a large fireplace, in which hung the stew-pot, black with smoke.
From Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant by Maupassant, Guy de
