| 单词 | jack of dover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack of (also †a) Dover Jack of (also †a) Dover n. now historical (apparently) some kind of dish which has been cooked or dressed more than once.Chiefly (and now only) with reference to Chaucer's use in quot. c1405. Various conjectures have been made as to the nature of the dish referred to; see e.g. quot. 1894. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > other prepared foods or dishes > [noun] mawmenny1381 browet Saracen?c1390 corat?c1390 lete lardes?c1390 lete lory?c1390 burseuc1400 lorey14.. Jack of Doverc1405 bukenadea1425 nesebeka1425 mosy?c1425 blaundsore1430 fauntemperec1430 irchinc1430 white sorréc1430 entraila1450 pasteladea1450 prenadec1450 fignadea1475 frianc1500 profiterole?1521 slampamp1593 flap-dragon1604 eel-cake1653 Lombard1657 hedgehog1723 bird's nest1769 dope18.. negro-pota1818 jug jug1877 King Henry's shoestrings1887 foam-omelet1892 crème1901 farofa1922 chilaquiles1938 metagee1957 Kiev1967 pani puri1969 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Cook's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 23 Many a Iakke of Douere hastow soold That hath been twies hoot and twies coold. 1684 G. S. Anglorum Speculum 397 A Jack of Dover, that is, Food that is unsavoury by reason of frequent dressing. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Jack a dover, a Joint of Meat dress'd over again. 1884 Illustr. London News 12 Apr. 339/3 I should very much like to know the ingredients of the old sea-dish called a ‘Jack of Dover.’ 1894 W. W. Skeat Compl. Wks. Chaucer: Notes to Canterbury Tales 128 The meaning of ‘a Jack of Dover’ has been much disputed, but it probably meant a pie that had been cooked more than once. Some have thought it meant a sole (probably a fried sole); as ‘Dover soles’ are still celebrated. 1997 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 June 37/1 The exact nature of the Jack of Dover of which Chaucer's Cook had sold so many is probably as impossible to recover as the poet's own Book of the Lion. < as lemmas |
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