Worcester sauce

British  

noun

1. a commercially prepared piquant sauce, made from a basis of soy sauce, with vinegar, spices, etc

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Example Sentences

Whoever thinks this an exaggeration, let him take a teaspoonful of Worcester sauce in his mouth and begin to eat.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 3 a.m., pale but still smiling, Barmaid Doris staggered in with an armful of tomato juice cans, mixed the members' latest favorite cocktail�tomato juice, sherry and Worcester sauce.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am now lying on my back in our tent on a carefully constructed couch of sacks, rugs, and haversacks, with a candle stuck in a Worcester sauce bottle to light me.

From In the Ranks of the C.I.V. by Childers, Erskine

Above all things, remember curry powder, pickles, chutney and Worcester sauce, for even goat's flesh can be rendered pleasant if it tastes of something else.

From A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State by Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps

A friend of mine puts a lot of cayenne pepper and mustard and Worcester sauce on toasted cheese; obviously he has a dull palate.

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham