Meaning of steak-and-kidney pie | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The only time I can remember⟳ Harry to have⟳ spoken really unkindly to me was when we had a badly-made steak-and-kidney pie for dinner, and he wasn’t very well after it, and that made him tetchy and irritable, a most unusual thing for him, and he was quite nasty with me and lost his temper over a trifle that, if the steak-and-kidney pie had been all right, he would only have⟳ laughed at.”

“The steak-and-kidney pie got burnt and the pie-dish was cracked right across . . .”

“TRUE, the Americans carry⟳ their passion for iced drinks to dyspeptic lengths. But there seems no reason⟳ why, in the centre of the world’s greatest city yesterday—the hottest day of the year—there should have⟳ been such a lavish display of lukewarm beer, tepid salads and steak-and-kidney pie. Even the most despised Continental pocket-country is able to keep⟳ its food fresh and cool.”

“Mr. Coombes’s department then moved to a fried-egg sandwich containing rodent pellets, and two steak-and-kidney pies filled with a “mush” of meat and gravy for ease of filling during manufacture⟳.”

“Picnic on the Victoria Embankment on the Thames with carryout steak-and-kidney pies, pates, salmon or roe from the food halls at Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly Street or Harrods department store in Knightsbridge.”

“Tasty snacks, like⟳ filled potatoes, steak-and-kidney pies and toasted sandwiches, are available.”

“It sells like⟳ schnitzel or steak-and-kidney pie in other countries, but will it ever sell⟳ like⟳ hotcakes here? […] The rest⟳ of the world knows it and has gobbled up the Freelander like⟳ it’s hot schnitzel or steak-and-kidney pie.”

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