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Surrey2|ˈsʌrɪ| The name of a county in southern England, used attrib. in Surrey capon, chicken, fowl, to designate a fowl specially fattened before being killed and prepared for cooking.
1874L. Wright Bk. Poultry xxii. 319 We have often been asked to describe the large ‘Surrey’ or ‘Sussex’ fowls which are so largely reared for the London market. 1910J. T. Brown Encycl. Poultry II. 459/1 ‘Surrey Fowls’. A trade description for the best produce of the Sussex fattening coops. 1938[see Light Sussex s.v. light a.2 3]. 1971Selfridge Xmas Food Catal. 6/1 Surrey capons..Plump full-breasted succulent birds. 1971Guardian 27 Nov. 3/8 You tuck the quail into a poulet de bresse (a Surrey fowl would do). |