scotched collops
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.92 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "What signifie Scotcht-Collops to a Feast? Or you can make whip'd Cream! Pray what Relief Will that be to a Saylor who wants Beef?"
- "438. Scotch-Collops.^*―Cut small slices of equal thickness out of the fillet[…]^*This properly means scotched, or scored collops, though the word has come to be understood as above."
- "Scotched Collops. In cookery books and on bills of fare we are constantly meeting with this term, spelt ‘Scots collops’ or ‘Scotch collops.’ The dish, however, has not a Scottish origin. The collops, or slices of flesh, before being cooked are ‘scotched,’ which means, according to Worcester, that they are ‘cut with shallow incisions, or in a slight manner.’"
- "cakes and ales those may still have who can command them, but down with the roast-beef of Old England! be scotched collops anathema maranatha, and Irish stew accounted an unclean thing!"
- "Like scaloppine, scotched collops must not be overcooked or they will take on a texture not unlike dried buffalo."
- "You will also be served oysters and scotched collops and quails and chickens, as well as biscuits and tarts and various sweetmeats."
Etymology
Reanalysis of earlier Scotch collops from Scotch (“of Scotland”) to scotched (“that has been cut”). The dish was labeled variously during the 18th and 19th centuries as Scotch collops, scorched collops, or scotched collops, among others. The latter form is first attested from the 18th century, with Scotch collops from the 17th.
Usage
- American usage