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cut·let
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lɪt
/
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noun
1.
a slice of meat, especially of veal, for broiling or frying.
2.
a flat croquette of minced chicken, lobster, or the like.
Origin:
1700–10;
<
French
côtelette,
Old French
costelette
double diminutive of
coste
rib <
Latin
costa.
See
-let
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cutlet
(ˈkʌtlɪt)
—
n
1.
a piece of meat taken esp from the best end of neck of lamb, pork, etc
2.
a flat croquette of minced chicken, lobster, etc
[C18: from Old French
costelette,
literally: a little rib, from
coste
rib, from Latin
costa
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
cutlet
1706, from Fr. côtelette, from O.Fr. costelette "little rib," from coste "rib, side," from L. costa (see
coast
), infl. by Eng. cut.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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