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newburg

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New⋅burg

  [noo-burg, nyoo-]
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–adjective
(of seafood) cooked with a cream sauce containing sherry: lobster Newburg.
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; after Newburgh, a fishing village in Scotland
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New·burg also New·burgh   (nōō'bûrg', nyōō'-)   
adj.  Served in a rich sauce made of cream, egg yolks, butter, and sherry: lobster Newburg; seafood Newburg.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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