Rasher
['ræʃə] or ['ræʃɚ]
Definition
(n.) A thin slice of bacon.
(n.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).
Inputed by Dustin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Slice (of pork or bacon), COLLOP.
Typist: Meg
Examples
- I had rasher sail with a whole brigade of patriarchs than suffer so. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I sat down to my brown loaf, my egg, and my rasher of bacon, with a basin of milk besides, and made a most delicious meal. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- To ask you if you'll have another rasher would be unmeaning flattery, for it would make you thirsty all day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He soon returned, bearing the same in a fresh cabbage-leaf, where it coyly embraced a rasher of ham. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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