Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thin boneless slice of meat.
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- noun A thin slice of
meat , especiallyveal orpoultry .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The fish brought to them, resplendent on a large platter, had a body that bore no relationship to the fine head, while the veal escalope was revealed, beneath the breadcrumbs, to be a thin slice of horsemeat.
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Faced with a really appalling menu in the Debate Portcullis House, I plumped for turkey escalope with apricot cous cous, potato wedges and peas.
Archive 2006-04-01 Kerron Cross 2006
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We had turkey in a cream sauce, pork tenderloin, turkey escalope, and Missippi steak and a bottle of
Chez Stella Etienne 2006
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Faced with a really appalling menu in the Debate Portcullis House, I plumped for turkey escalope with apricot cous cous, potato wedges and peas.
Cold Hard Politics Kerron Cross 2006
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Scallop, with its unusually symmetrical and patterned valves, comes via the Middle French escalope, from a Germanic word for “shell.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Scallop, with its unusually symmetrical and patterned valves, comes via the Middle French escalope, from a Germanic word for “shell.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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He also makes his own sausages, prepares chicken cordon bleu for the oven, makes veal escalope, and has a machine that cooks many brochettes in no time at all.
JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003
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An 'she made me veal escalope an' we had another wallop
Leo McGuire's Song 1998
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We both choose the escalope de saumon tiède as a starter.
Slate Articles David Pilling 2011
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A "scallop" of meat, or "escalope" in French, is "a thin, boneless, round- or oval-shaped slice of meat or fish," according to the "Food Lover's Companion."
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Sophie Brickman 2011
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