rasher
/ˈɹæʃə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
comparative form of rash: more rash
Example Sentences
- "He was a man who made his tent comfortable wherever he pitched it, and long before Altamont’s arrival, had done justice to a copious breakfast of fried eggs and broiled rashers, which Mr. Grady had prepared secundum artem."
- "He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal."
- "He toasted his bacon on a fork and caught the drops of fat on his bread; then he put the rasher on his thick slice of bread, and cut off chunks with a clasp-knife, poured his tea into his saucer, and was happy."
- "Would you like a bite of something? None of your damned lawdeedaw airs here. The rich of a rasher fried with a herring?"
- "Thick-cut, thin-cut or flavoured, sometimes there is nothing nicer than a rasher on toast or a crispy rasher as part of a full fry up."
- "Now another layer of forcemeat, then rashers of ham, then forcemeat. Cover the surface with three rashers of fat bacon and a bayleaf; cover with paste, and bake for two hours in a moderate oven, covering the top with a piece of[…]"
Etymology
From rash + -er.
Usage
- British usage
- Transitive verb