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kegeree

kegeree is the obsolete form of kedgeree.

Meaning of kedgeree

Noun

kedgeree (countable and uncountable, plural kedgerees)

  1. (obsolete) Khichdi.
  2. An Anglo-Indian dish of flaked, smoked haddock, eggs and rice.
    • Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC

Questions about kegeree

What is kegeree the obsolete form of?
Kegeree is the obsolete form of kedgeree.

Words near kegeree in the dictionary

  1. kegelkarst
  2. kegelkarsts
  3. kegels
  4. kegerator
  5. kegerators
  6. kegeree
  7. kegful
  8. kegfuls
  9. Kegg
  10. kegged
  11. kegger

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