Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A horse that trots, especially one trained for harness racing.
- noun Informal A foot, especially the foot of a pig or sheep prepared as food.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which trots; specifically, a trotting horse, especially one of a breed of horses noted for speed in trotting.
- noun A foot.
- noun The human foot.
- noun The foot of an animal used for food: as, pigs' trotters; sheep's trotters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.
- noun The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
horse trained forharness racing . - noun The
foot of apig orsheep .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food
- noun a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing
Etymologies
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Examples
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Boning a trotter is the ultimate testament to how you value your truffles, good work.
At My Table 2008
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Bruni recounts the plethora of pork belly on the app menu ( "pork belly with kimchi in an Asian preparation" or "house-smoked pork belly with lentils") then noted the pig-plenty on the entrees list ( "a pork chop, pork ribs or a pork foot, also known as a trotter"), and even found a little piggy available for dessert ( "the house-made bacon chocolate crunch bar").
LAist 2009
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Benders and under limbs seem to have gone by the boards, along with other by-words of the period, such as trotter (as in the trotter of a chicken) and joint (for specificity at the dining table, one might ask for the first joint or second joint).
Hugh Rawson: More Fowl Talk for the Holidays Hugh Rawson 2010
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Benders and under limbs seem to have gone by the boards, along with other by-words of the period, such as trotter (as in the trotter of a chicken) and joint (for specificity at the dining table, one might ask for the first joint or second joint).
Hugh Rawson: More Fowl Talk for the Holidays Hugh Rawson 2010
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He found a place as porter or "trotter" in a bank.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women Elbert Hubbard 1885
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"trotter" who was meditating with his head between his knees.
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One of these, a starter listed as snails and crubeens, which should be little fritters of gooey braised pig's trotter, was a salty, sticky, unpleasant mess of chewy snails and flavourless deep-fried cubes.
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I previewed one menu recently and as soon as I saw "trotter on toast" as a starter, I knew venison couldn't be far behind.
Most people wait until they're in the restaurant before looking at the menu. Not me… 2011
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True Cariocas will insist on a smoked ear or trotter, but the flavor will still be true without those ingredients.
The Feijoada From Ipanema Nani Power 2012
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An inveterate rule-breaker, Herrera pushes the envelope by taking traditional dishes one step further – trotter with a cap i pota head and innards of crayfish for example – and is all the more exciting for it.
bilby commented on the word trotter
"Feet. To shake one's trotters at Bilby's ball, where the sheriff pays the fiddlers: perhaps the Bilboes ball, i.e. the ball of fetters: fetters and stocks were anciently called the bilboes."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.
September 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word trotter
See also Beilby's ball.
September 9, 2008