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bird's-nest soup en · NOUN

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  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of bird's nest soup.
    • The dinner commenced with a large bowl of bird’s-nest soup, from which each person helped himself; it was very insipid until flavoured with soy—the necessary condiments of salt and pepper appearing to be wholly neglected in Chinese cookery. 1837 November 22, “National Customs”, in Ward’s Miscellany: […], volume I, number 47, London: Thomas Ward and Co., […] Ainsworth and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 752, column 2:
    • Bird’s-nest soup is what it sounds like, and is held as a great delicacy and status symbol in China. It’s believed the soup promotes health and retards aging. 2008 January 23, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, “Flair, not flavor in bird’s-nest soup dish […]”, in The Herald-Sun, Durham N.C.: Durham Herald Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C4, column 5:
    • Three kinds of swiftlets nest here, but only those in the highest reaches build their nests of pure saliva. These are the delicacies made by the Chinese into bird’s-nest soup. 2003 August 10, Georgia Tasker, “Borneo an unbelievable place to visit”, in The Santa Fe New Mexican, 154th year, number 222, Santa Fe, N.M., →ISSN, →OCLC, page G-3, column 5: