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farcemeat

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farce⋅meat

[fahrs-meet]
–noun Cookery.
forcemeat.

force⋅meat

[fawrs-meet, fohrs-]
–noun Cookery.
a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
Also, farcemeat.


Origin:
1680–90; force, var. of obs. farce stuffing + meat
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forcemeat 
"mincemeat," 1688, from force "to stuff," a variant of farce (q.v.) + meat.
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