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soupe maigre en · NOUN

Etymology

From French soupe maigre.

Meanings

1. A soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
   • I now recollect that all my distemper was returning upon me with irresistible violence—and that in spite of water-gruel and soupe-maigre. 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter DXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:
   • Nay, perceiving that he was extremely penurious in his house-keeping, he spoilt many a pot of excellent soup maigre, by slily conveying into it handfuls of salt or soot […]. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

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