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sour·dough
/
ˈsaʊ
ə
rˌdoʊ
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ˈsaʊ
ər-
/
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[
sou
uh
r
-doh
,
sou
-er-
]
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noun
1.
leaven, especially fermented
dough
retained from one baking and used, rather than fresh yeast, to start the next.
2.
a prospector or pioneer, especially in Alaska or Canada.
3.
any longtime resident, especially in Alaska or Canada.
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leavened with sourdough:
sourdough bread.
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Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English;
see
sour
,
dough
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sourdough
(ˈsaʊəˌdəʊ)
—
adj
1.
dialect
(of bread) made with fermented dough used as a leaven
—
n
2.
(in Western US, Canada, and Alaska) an old-time prospector or pioneer
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sourdough
c.1300, "fermented dough," from
sour
+
dough
. The meaning "Arctic prospector or pioneer" is from 1898 Yukon gold rush, from the practice of saving a lump of fermented dough as leaven for raising bread baked during the winter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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