Meaning of sippet | Babel Free

Definitions

A small piece of something, especially a piece of toast or fried bean eaten with soup or gravy.

obsolete

Examples

“The best sauce for green geese is the juice of sorrel and sugar, mixed together with a few scladed feaberries and served upon sippets”

“Then have⟳ sippets finely carved, and some slices of French bread in the bottom of the dish, […].”

“Garnish your dish with sippets, lemon, and a few pickled mushrooms.”

“Serve⟳ with small sippets of bread fried in butter.”

“The ghost of Mr. Woodhouse himself may stare⟳ and gasp at being told that this awful preparation, this culinary corpse-reviver, apparently suited only to chalcenterous persons or those at the point⟳ of death, is a very simple mutton broth with sippets in it.”

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