Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A highly seasoned link sausage of pork, pork liver, and rice that is a typical element of Louisiana Creole cuisine.
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- noun A
Cajun sausage originating in Southern Louisiana made from rice, ground pork (occasionally crawfish), and spices in sausage casing.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After a solid hour of competition Saturday morning, 11-year-old Sayoni Ghosh from the Discovery School spelled "boudin," a French word for a type of sausage, to win the "Read to Bee" spelling bee.
tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A 2009
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After a solid hour of competition Saturday morning, 11-year-old Sayoni Ghosh from the Discovery School spelled "boudin," a French word for a type of sausage, to win the "Read to Bee" spelling bee.
tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A 2009
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Latin verb gustare, "to taste;" but Medlar pleaded custom in behalf of C, observing, that, by the Doctor's rule, we ought to change pudding into budding, because it is derived from the French word boudin; and in that case why not retain the original orthography and pronunciation of all the foreign words we have adopted, by which means our language would become a dissonant jargon without standard or propriety?
The Adventures of Roderick Random Tobias George Smollett 1746
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Capt C. killed 2 bucks and 2 buffaloe, I also killed one buffaloe which proved to be the best meat, it was in tolerable order; we saved the best of the meat, and from the cow I killed we saved the necessary materials for making what our wrighthand cook Charbono calls the boudin (poudingue) blanc, and immediately set him about preparing them for supper; this white pudding we all esteem one of the greatest del [ic] acies of the forrest, it may not be amiss therefore to give it a place.
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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Capt C. killed 2 bucks and 2 buffaloe, I also killed one buffaloe which proved to be the best meat, it was in tolerable order; we saved the best of the meat, and from the cow I killed we saved the necessary materials for making what our wrighthand cook Charbono calls the boudin blanc, and immediately set him about preparing them for supper; this white pudding we all esteem one of the greatest delacies of the forrest, it may not be amiss therefore to give it a place.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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They have the best sausages and meats -- don't even try to imagine what Whole Food "boudin" or "andouille" tastes like.
The L.A. ban on new fast food restaurants in poor neighborhoods. Ann Althouse 2008
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Latin verb gustare, “to taste;” but Medlar pleaded custom in behalf of C, observing, that, by the Doctor’s rule, we ought to change pudding into budding, because it is derived from the French word boudin; and in that case why not retain the original orthography and pronunciation of all the foreign words we have adopted, by which means our language would become a dissonant jargon without standard or propriety?
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His sausage-making and meat-smoking facility is renowned for its steamed "boudin," smoked sausages, and smoked pulled pork.
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According to the book, puddings began when the French invented "boudin" and
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You'll sit at long, communal tables, sharing farmhouse-style dishes such as boudin blanc with kale and apple-horseradish sauce.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Tiffany Meyers 2009
Prolagus commented on the word boudin
See boudinage for a definition. I'm not talking about sausages.
June 13, 2008