Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
asparagus. Congreve , tr. of Eleventh Satire of Juvenal.
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Examples
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I pikt teh furst speers of sparagus just naow adn will be nomming dem wif mai suppir and gibbing sum peeces tew mai Billy kitteh, hoo lubs teh sparagus.
Oh God - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Ai gotz sum morel smushrooms adn teh wyld sparagus fresh pikked this morning.
Okay… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Furr foar yeers we tryed to grwo sparagus, donut nose if enee eber akshly came up.
soon i will be - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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June 15, 2008 at 9:11 am an teh pickled sparagus tew…………. yew will laik it….. nawt tew spicy ai am off tew get mai oil changed for teh rode trip!
Dis fud - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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June 15, 2008 at 8:06 am mai favrits wuz teh pickloled asparagus like teh dilly beans and teh homemade sauerkraut……….. nommmm ai will dew teh sparagus agin….. duzznt quite has teh same setup inna house tew do teh sauerkraut……… takes weeks…. gots tew be inna garage or sumpin…. has to cormfess it can has an odor!
Dis fud - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Take young and tender sparagus, break or cut them in small pieces, and half fry them brown in butter, put into them eggs beaten with salt, and thus make your omlet.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Boil your capon or chicken in fair water and some salt, then put in their bellies a little mace, chopped parsley, and sweet butter; being boild, serve them on sippets, and put a little of the broth on them: then have a bundle or two of sparagus boil'd, put in beaten butter, and serve it on your capon or chicken.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Then have the tops of sparagus boil'd, and mixed with butter,
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Then have the tops of boil'd sparagus, mix them with a batter made of flour, salt, and fair water, & set them by.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Being baked to be eaten hot, put it into yolks of hard eggs, sweet-breads, lamb-stones, sparagus, or bottoms of artichocks, chesnuts, grapes, or gooseberries.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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