Twice-laid

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 […]"

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"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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