Definitions
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- verb To
remove theveins from
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sprinkled among the recipes are dozens of illustrated tips on kitchen skills: how to carve and bone, of course, but also how to devein a shrimp and clean a pizza baking stone a baking-soda slurry helps.
Classics Made New Aram Bakshian Jr. 2011
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When the shrimp are cool enough, peel the shells and devein.
Cristeta Comerford: A Taste of the Gulf at the White House Cristeta Comerford 2010
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Among the accomplishments cited in his Time magazine obituary are debunking “such myths as the need to wash mushrooms, devein shrimp and press garlic” and preaching the “imaginative use of leftovers.”
Archive 2008-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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When the shrimp are cool enough, peel the shells and devein.
Cristeta Comerford: A Taste of the Gulf at the White House Cristeta Comerford 2010
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When the shrimp are cool enough, peel the shells and devein.
Cristeta Comerford: A Taste of the Gulf at the White House Cristeta Comerford 2010
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When the shrimp are cool enough, peel the shells and devein.
Cristeta Comerford: A Taste of the Gulf at the White House Cristeta Comerford 2010
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When the shrimp are cool enough, peel the shells and devein.
Cristeta Comerford: A Taste of the Gulf at the White House Cristeta Comerford 2010
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When the shrimp are cool enough, peel the shells and devein.
Cristeta Comerford: A Taste of the Gulf at the White House Cristeta Comerford 2010
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When the shrimp are cool enough, peel the shells and devein.
Cristeta Comerford: A Taste of the Gulf at the White House Cristeta Comerford 2010
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When the shrimp are cool enough, peel the shells and devein.
Cristeta Comerford: A Taste of the Gulf at the White House Cristeta Comerford 2010
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