pressed duck
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traditional French dish consisting of various parts of a duck served in a sauce of its blood and bone marrow, which are extracted by way of a press.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In Paris, one of the oldest and most picturesque of the master restaurateurs is certainly Frédéric Delair, now nearly seventy years of age. At his remarkable little restaurant, La Tour d'Argent, at 15 Quai de la Tournelle, he still serves his renowned pressed duck and the four or five other dishes which have made his name familiar all over the world."
- "In Paris there is a dingy café 'way down in the Latin Quarter run by an old man by the name of Frederick, who serves pressed duck. Americans flock to Frederick's at $4.00 a plate."
- "As students we were shown the correct pressed duck presentation during a tableside class by Monsieur Bernard, the Escoffier Room maître d'."