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special sauce en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A basic ingredient in McDonald's Big Mac hamburgers, a sort of Thousand Island dressing (now called Big Mac sauce by the company).
two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun
1975, McDonald's Corporation, Big Mac advertising jingle:one day you'll be eatin' a fast-food burger.... Ever wonder what makes special sauce so special?
2001 January, Matt Groening, “Parasites Lost”, in Futurama, season 3, episode 4:
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(uncountable, usually) Burger sauce.
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(figuratively, uncountable, usually) Synonym of secret sauce.
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secret sauce