lamb's fry
Britishnoun
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lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
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lamb's liver as food
Example Sentences
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"Tell 'em at hwome that I should like for supper,—well, lamb's fry if they can get it; and if they can't, black-pot; and if they can't get that, well chitterlings will do."
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of lamb's fry, 3 pints of water, egg and bread crumbs, 1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley, salt and pepper to taste.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
The club received him with transport, and held an harmonic meeting that evening in his honour; while Mrs. Micawber and I had a lamb's fry in private, surrounded by the sleeping family.
From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles
Cut into neat slices a dish of lamb's fry, and fry it a nice brown in the bacon liquor.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891 by Various
The fry of the young seals we thought extremely good, not exceeded even by the finest lamb's fry.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
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