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morsel [ˈmɔːsəl] n 1. (Cookery) a small slice or mouthful of food 2. a small piece; bit 3. Irish informal a term of endearment for a child [from Old French, from mors a bite, from Latin morsus, from mordēre to bite] Morsel a small quantity—Johnson, 1755. Examples: morsel of feeling, 1860; of quicksilver ore, 1839; of territory, 1860.
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morsel Translations morsel morsel [ˈmɔːsl] n (of food) → boccone m (fig) → briciolo morsel [ˈmɔːsl] n (of food) → boccone m (fig) → briciolo n morsel [ˈmoːsəl] a small piece of something, especially food a tasty morsel of fish for the cat. stukkie, happie لُقْمَه хапка sousto bid das Stückchen μπουκιά bocado suutäis تکه suupala bouchée חֲתִיכָה ग्रास, कौर निवाला, कवल zalogaj morzsa potongan kecil (matar)biti boccone 一片 (음식물의 한입 kąsnelis, gabaliukas kumosiņš, gabaliņš sedikit sukje godbit, lekkerbisken kąsek naco bucăţică кусочек sústo grižljaj parče smula, bit จำนวนเล็กน้อย lokma (食物的)一小塊 шматочок, кусочок ایک نوالہ mẩu (食物的)一口 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Early in this trick once when the steward had left the room and Michael's eager nose was within an inch of the prohibited morsel, Kwaque, playfully inclined, reached for the morsel himself and received a lacerated hand from the quick flash and clip of Michael's jaws. The choice morsel had been judiciously separated from the adjoining and less worthy parts of the beast, and, enveloped in the hairy coating provided by nature, it had duly undergone the heat of the customary subterraneous oven, and was now laid before its proprietors in all the culinary glory of the prairies. The Fox accumulated all that they had killed into one large heap and left to himself the smallest possible morsel. |
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