Savoury
[seivәri]
Examples
- You get husky bread and sour drink by it; and he gets sausage of Lyons, veal in savoury jelly, white bread, strachino cheese, and good wine by it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Notwithstanding Sarah's scorn, it was a savoury repast enough. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At first it scarcely procured me the means of sustaining life; but how savoury was hunger when I fasted in peace! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The fellow is a genius in his way, and would have made his mark in some more savoury trade. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Again--this veal in savoury jelly is for Monsieur Rigaud. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- To-morrow comes, the savoury preparations for the Oil Trade come, the evening comes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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