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spag bol en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

1970s, of uncertain origin, perhaps UK or Australia.

Meanings

  1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable, usually) Clipping of spaghetti bolognese.
    • At the time I started making it, it didn't seem unusual to me that my spag bol was constituted from the contents of tins and jars—pretty much everything we ate back then was. 2019, Pete Brown, Pie Fidelity: In Defence of British Food, Penguin, →ISBN:

Forms

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spag bols Number=Plur lexicographic
spag bog alternative lexicographic