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TSO
 
—abbreviation for
The Stationery Office, formerly His (or Her) Majesty's Stationery Office

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Tso is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Tso
Chinese restaurant dish, named for General Tso Tsungtang (1812-1885), military leader during the late Qing dynasty who crushed the Taiping rebels in four provinces. The chicken dish that bears his name (for no good reason) in Chinese restaurants apparently is modified from a traditional Hunan chung ton
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gai and may have been named for the general c.1972 by a chef in New York City during the time Hunan cuisine first became popular among Americans.
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TSO definition


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