Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small piece of toast or bread soaked in gravy or other liquid or used as a garnish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little sip or sup.
- noun Anything soaked or dipped in a liquid before being eaten; a sop; especially, in the plural, bread cut into small pieces and served in milk or broth.
- noun A fragment; a bit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small piece of something, especially a piece of
toast or friedbean eaten withsoup orgravy .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here he swallowed his buttered sippet very gracefully.
Eug�nie Grandet 2007
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And the King flung a sippet of toast after him as he added: 'I am hedged in with robbers.'
Orrain A Romance S. Levett-Yeats
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Finally he finished his last sippet of bread steeped in soup, pushed aside his plate, helped himself to a plum, and looked around him.
Orrain A Romance S. Levett-Yeats
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TUESDAY (dinner) Pea soup, with toast bread, (sippet).
From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George Washington Carver Raleigh Howard Merritt 1929
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At this Jeanne ventured to begin; but her frame was so enfeebled that with the second sippet of bread she declared herself wearied.
A Love Episode ��mile Zola 1871
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He, with his round, dumpy figure, leaned over the basin, devouring a sippet with each mouthful of broth.
A Love Episode ��mile Zola 1871
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When quite crisp, dip one side of the sippet into the beaten white of an egg mixed with a little flour, and place it on the edge of the dish.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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When quite crisp, dip one side of the sippet into the beaten white of an egg mixed with a little flour, and place it on the edge of the dish.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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The only time that woman is happy is when she comes in of a morning to the little boys 'dormitories with a cup of hot Epsom salts, and a sippet of bread.
The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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a little salt, and sugar, pour it on the fish, sippet it, and serve it hot.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Also see sop.
December 27, 2021