collop

[ kol-uhp ]

noun
  1. a small slice of meat, especially a small rasher of bacon.

  2. a small slice, portion, or piece of anything.

  1. a fold or roll of flesh on the body.

Origin of collop

1
1350–1400; Middle English collop(pe), colhoppe, perhaps <Scandinavian; compare Old Swedish kolhuppadher roasted on coals, Swedish kalops, dial. kollops dish of stewed meat

Words Nearby collop

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How to use collop in a sentence

  • Then he took a great collop of it, and carried it away in his mouth.

  • Who can do him a red deer collop, except Sally herself, as I can?

    Lorna Doone | R. D. Blackmore
  • But now you go into the parlour, dear, while I do your collop.

    Lorna Doone | R. D. Blackmore
  • Riding onward from El Gallo, Mr. Ruxton turned aside from the regular route to kill an antelope and broil a collop for breakfast.

    Some Heroes of Travel | W. H. Davenport Adams
  • The third daughter says to her mother: "Mother, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop, for I'm going away to seek my fortune."

British Dictionary definitions for collop

collop

/ (ˈkɒləp) /


noundialect
  1. a slice of meat

  2. a small piece of anything

Origin of collop

1
C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish kalops meat stew

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