Veal
[viːl] or [vil]
Definition
(n.) The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.
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Definition
n. the flesh of a calf.—n. Veal′-skin a skin-disease marked by white shiny tubercles on the ears and neck.—adj. Veal′y like veal or like a calf: immature.
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Examples
- Take care of that veal and ham--mind the lobsters--take the salad out of the cloth--give me the dressing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But some of the visitors alighted and did not depart after the handsome treating to veal and ham. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I like him, Mamma, because he knows such lots of things; and he ain't like old Veal, who is always bragging and using such long words, don't you know? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Have some stuffed veal always, and a fine cheese in cut. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- 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.
- And they fought for veal-cutlets out of a silver basket. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It's a veal and ham pie,' said Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- After finishing his veal in the midst of silence, the speaker again addressed his friend. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Quite an elegant dish of fish; the kidney-end of a loin of veal, roasted; fried sausage-meat; a partridge, and a pudding. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Veal stew--but it is finished. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We have enjoyed your roast beef, and this day began on the roast veal; all agree that they are both the best that ever were of the kind. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Again--this veal in savoury jelly is for Monsieur Rigaud. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- After some discussion on the relative merits of veal-cutlet, sweetbread, and lobster, a decision was pronounced in favour of veal-cutlet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That poor widow made friends of Mrs. Veal, for reasons of her own. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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