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pressed duck

pressed duck noun: a traditional French dish consisting of various parts of a duck served in a sauce of its blood and bone marrow, which are extracted by way of a press.

Noun

pressed duck (uncountable)

  1. A traditional French dish consisting of various parts of a duck served in a sauce of its blood and bone marrow, which are extracted by way of a press.
    • In Paris, one of the oldest and most picturesque of the master restaurateurs is certainly Frédéric Delair, now nearly seventy years of age. At his remarkable little restaurant, La Tour d'Argent, at 15 Quai de la Tournelle, he still serves his renowned pressed duck and the four or five other dishes...1907, The Scrap Book, volume 4, page 573
    • In Paris there is a dingy café 'way down in the Latin Quarter run by an old man by the name of Frederick, who serves pressed duck. Americans flock to Frederick's at $4.00 a plate.1909 January 20, “The fame of a dish”, in Printers' Ink, page 93

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Questions about pressed duck

What does pressed duck mean?
Pressed duck means a traditional French dish consisting of various parts of a duck served in a sauce of its blood and bone marrow, which are extracted by way of a press.
What part of speech is pressed duck?
Pressed duck is a noun.

Words near pressed duck in the dictionary

  1. presscakes
  2. pressdom
  3. pressed
  4. pressed ahead
  5. pressed down
  6. pressed duck
  7. pressed flesh
  8. pressed for time
  9. pressed glass
  10. pressed glasses
  11. pressed ham

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