fricassée

Noun

fricassee (plural fricassees)

1. Meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy.
   • I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a...1729, Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

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