light-meat
light meat
noun
white meat ( defs 1, 2 ).
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white meat
noun
1.
any meat that is light-colored before cooking, as veal or chicken ( distinguished from red meat ).
2.
meat that is light-colored after cooking, as veal or breast of chicken or of turkey ( distinguished from dark meat ).
3.
Slang: Vulgar. a white person considered as a sexual partner.
4.
Southern U.S. salt pork, fatback, or other pork without any lean.
5.
Archaic. food made from milk.
Also called light meat (for defs 1, 2).
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English
1375–1425; late Middle English
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| white meat | |
| —n | |
| Compare red meat any meat that is light in colour, such as veal or the breast of turkey | |
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Word Origin & History
white meat
meat of poultry, pigs, etc., as opposed to red meat, is recorded from 1752; earlier it meant "foods prepared from milk" (early 15c.). Black slang sense of "white women as sex partners" is from 1920s.
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