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Meaning of mock-turtle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

mock turtle soup

uncountable

Examples

“This is a rich handsome dish, and an elegant variety of mock-turtle.”
“O, this is he that disembodied matter, And prov’d that incorporeal corporations Put nothing in no platter, And for mock-turtle only supp’d sensations.”
“Soup, sir? yes, sir; very nice mock-turtle sir—real mock-turtle, sir.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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