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lamb's fry

lamb's fry noun: lamb offal prepared as food, such as the testicles, liver, sweetbreads, heart, kidneys, and sometimes the brain and abdominal fat.

Noun

lamb's fry

  1. Lamb offal prepared as food, such as the testicles, liver, sweetbreads, heart, kidneys, and sometimes the brain and abdominal fat.
    • Mrs. Micawber and I had a lamb's fry in private, surrounded by the sleeping family.1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

Questions about lamb's fry

What does lamb's fry mean?
Lamb's fry means lamb offal prepared as food, such as the testicles, liver, sweetbreads, heart, kidneys, and sometimes the brain and abdominal fat.
What part of speech is lamb's fry?
Lamb's fry is a noun.

Words near lamb's fry in the dictionary

  1. lamb's bread
  2. lamb's cress
  3. lamb's ear
  4. lamb's ears
  5. lamb's fries
  6. lamb's fry
  7. lamb's lettuce
  8. lamb's quarters
  9. lamb's succory
  10. lamb's tails
  11. lamb's tongue

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