Choke-priest

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thick Italian soup containing pasta or dumplings. obsolete, uncountable

    "Warm choke-priest, pastry, and sour wine (the refuse of the convent cellars) were retailed for the same purposes."

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"Warm choke-priest, pastry, and sour wine (the refuse of the convent cellars) were retailed for the same purposes."

Etymology

UK mid-19th century. Calque of Italian strozzapreti, from strozzare (“to choke; to strangle”) + prete (“priest”). Equivalent to choke + priest.

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