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Synonyms for rasher
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rash-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræʃ ər |
Définition of rasher
Origin :- "thin slice of bacon or ham," 1590s, of unknown origin. Perhaps from Middle English rash "to cut," variant of rase "to rub, scrape out, erase." However, early lexicographer John Minsheu explained it in 1627 as a piece "rashly or hastily roasted."
- noun slice
- He was in the middle of his rasher when a shadow fell across his plate.
- Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
- This is where three eggs and a rasher of ham get cut off in their prime.
- Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
- "Nothing but one rasher of bacon, please," said Henry meekly.
- Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 » by Various
- Do you think if I had begged him to eat that rasher of ham he would have touched it?
- Extract from : « Jack at Sea » by George Manville Fenn
- I must make shift with the mutton pie and a rasher of bacon.
- Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth
- I had rasher sail with a whole brigade of patriarchs than suffer so.
- Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- You can bring me a rasher and two eggs, and see that they're this season's.
- Extract from : « The Observations of Henry » by Jerome K. Jerome
- We are rasher in using that perch for the measurement of woodland.
- Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
- Being an honest one would have got him not one rasher of the bacon of his desire.
- Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
- The appetising, savoury smell of my rasher seemed to drive them mad.
- Extract from : « The Note-Books of Samuel Butler » by Samuel Butler
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