saloop
Syllables: sa·loop/səˈluːp/US/səˈlup/
saloop noun: an aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which was once popular in London, England. Also the alternative form of salep.
Noun
saloop (usually uncountable, plural saloops)
- An aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which was once popular in London, England.
- Saſſafras is a warm ingredent, and where it is not made too ſtrong, ſo as to make the head ach, is a very good ſubstitute for breakfaſt, and as ſuch I recommend it to thoſe who do not care to be at the trouble to make any other drinks; this is the chief ingredient of what is called ſaloup, and ſold...[1775], F[rancis] Spilsbury, “Sect. VII. On Decoctions and Diet Drinks.”, in A Treatise on the Method of Curing the Gout, Scurvy, Leprosy, Elephantiasis, Evil, and Other Cutaneous Eruptions. Shewing...
- The little sweep would have his saloop smoking hot—and there was the common appliance of a charcoal grate—regaling himself with the savory steam until the mess was cool enough for him to swallow; […] his white teeth the while gleaming from his sooty visage as he gleefully licked his lips at the...1851, Henry Mayhew, “Of the Street-sellers of Eatables and Drinkables”, in London Labour and the London Poor; a Cyclopædia of the Condition and Earnings of Those that Will Work, Those that Can Not...
- The berry saltbush or red berry saltbush (Chenopodium hastatum, syn. Einadia hastata and Rhagodia hastata), a small plant found in coastal and inland areas of eastern Australia.
- SALOOP Rhagodia hastata R. Br. Chenopodiaceae / Deep-green perennial subshrub, usually about 25 cm high, with stems to 75 cm long, woody at base.2011, G[eoffrey] M[cIver] Cunningham, W. E. Mulham, P. L. Milthorpe, J. H. Leigh, “Angiosperms (Dicots)”, in Plants of Western New South Wales, Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 278...
- Red berry saltbush […] Other common name: saloop, berry saltbush2016, Eric [R.] Anderson, “Trees and Shrubs: Other Woody Plants”, in Plants of Central Queensland: Identification and Uses of Native and Introduced Species, Clayton, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN...
Also used as
saloop is also the alternative form of salep.
Examples of saloop in a sentence
- The pretended saloop, sold at stalls in the streets within memory, was a decoction of sassafras.1868, “Progress of Cookery and Housewifery”, in John Timbs, editor, Lady Bountiful’s Legacy to Her Family and Friends. A Book of Practical...
- As an alternative to coffee – in periods such as the beginning of the eighteenth century, when it became expensive – a patron might request saloop.2003, Antony Clayton, London’s Coffee Houses: A Stimulating Story, London: Historical Publications, →ISBN, page 31, column 1:
Forms of saloop
| plural | saloops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | salep |
| alternative form | saloup |
| alternative form | salop |
Origin of saloop
A variant of salep (“starch or jelly made from orchid plants”), originally a key ingredient in the drink.
Words that rhyme with saloop
39 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- bloop
- cloop
- whoop
- coupe
- regroup
- roop
- sloop
- snoop
- stoup
- alley oop
- boop
- gloop
- goop
- horse scoop
- jupe
- loupe
- roup
- troupe
- Tuesday Group
- astoop
- chat group
- croup
- dedupe
- drupe
- fisherman's soup
- FOUP
- French onion soup
- ginger group
- L'Anse-au-Loup
- locker loop
- matrix group
- ploop
- pupe
- shoop
- stewp
- stoep
- stupe
- voop
- zoop
Questions about saloop
- What does saloop mean?
- Saloop means an aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which was once popular in London, England.
- How do you use saloop in a sentence?
- The pretended saloop, sold at stalls in the streets within memory, was a decoction of sassafras.
- What part of speech is saloop?
- Saloop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce saloop?
- Saloop is pronounced /səˈluːp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of saloop?
- The plural of saloop is saloops.
Words near saloop in the dictionary
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