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stewy en · ADJ

Etymology

From stew + -y.

Meanings

1. Stew-like, similar to stew.
   • The 24-hour Kababish (939 N. Orleans, 312-642-8622) has a few booths set before a steaming buffet of hearty north Indian and Pakistani dishes, notably a thick, stewy, slow-cooked haleem made from wheat, mutton, lentils, and spice; grilled charga chicken sprinkled with garam masala; and goat curry. 2006 September 22, Mike Sula, “How to Eat Ethnic”, in Chicago Reader:
   • All food is fetched in dixeys (large boilers), and tea, stew, and bacon are all cooked in turn in these, so if the orderlies don't wash them clean at dinner time we have greasy, stewy tea. 1917, Ernest Hodder Williams, One Young Man:

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