Kedgeree

/ˈkɛd͡ʒəɹi/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Khichdi. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    a dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish wordnet
  3. 3
    An Anglo-Indian dish of flaked, smoked haddock, eggs and rice. countable, uncountable

    "Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter."

Example

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"Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter."

Etymology

From Hindi खिचड़ी (khicṛī), from Sanskrit खिच्चा (khiccā). Compare khichdi.

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