单词 | boxty |
释义 | boxtyn. Irish English. A type of bread or pancake made from grated potatoes mixed with flour or oatmeal and baked or fried in a pan.Recorded earliest in boxty bread. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > potato bread potato bread1719 boxty1829 1829 Christian Examiner, & Church of Ireland Mag. Jan. 55 Yes, there was boxty bread to be made, to take, if they liked with their tea; and for this purpose, a basket of raw-peeled potatoes was ground upon the rough side of a tin collinder. 1841 Irish Penny Jrnl. 3 Apr. 314/2 Breakfast..was nothing less than ‘tay, white bread, and Boxty’. 1949 ‘M. Innes’ Journeying Boy xiii. 162 Gracie's boxty is very eatable, very eatable indeed. 1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes (1997) ii. 46 Sit down and have some tea. Would you like boxty? 2003 Kilkenny People 18 July 5/8 (advt.) Roast Rack of Lamb with a Chive Boxty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1829 |
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