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pope's eye

pope's eye noun: the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.

Noun

pope's eye

  1. The gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.
    • "Our good Annie would cook for you; and you should have the hot new milk, and the pope's eye from the mutton; and every foot of you would become a yard in about a fortnight."1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter L, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC
  2. A cut of steak from the buttock muscles of a bovine

Synonyms of pope's eye

  • pope's eye steak
  • pope's eye cut
  • popeseye steak
  • popeseye
  • popeseye cut
  • spider steak
  • spider cut

Questions about pope's eye

What does pope's eye mean?
Pope's eye means the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.
What part of speech is pope's eye?
Pope's eye is a noun.

Words near pope's eye in the dictionary

  1. pope hat
  2. pope hats
  3. Pope Joan
  4. Pope Julius
  5. Pope Night
  6. pope's eye
  7. pope's head
  8. pope's living room
  9. pope's nose
  10. Pope's pear
  11. pope-holy

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