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bubble and squeak
n. Chiefly British
Cabbage and potatoes fried together.
[Imitative of the sounds made as it cooks.]
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bubble and squeak
n
(Cookery) (in Britain and Australia) a dish of leftover boiled cabbage, potatoes, and sometimes cooked meat fried together
[C18: so called from the sounds of this dish cooking]
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bub′ble and squeak′
n.
Brit. potatoes, cabbage, and sometimes meat fried together.
[1765–75]
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Noun | 1. | bubble and squeak - leftover cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and sometimes meat dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
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