Twice-laid
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A dish prepared from cold fish and potatoes. archaic, slang, uncountable
"There should have been there a superb dish of twice-laid, only the rats had eaten up all the salt fish, and the Commodore and his friends had eaten up all the potatoes […]"
Example
More examples"There should have been there a superb dish of twice-laid, only the rats had eaten up all the salt fish, and the Commodore and his friends had eaten up all the potatoes […]"
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