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patty|ˈpætɪ|
Also 9 pattee.
[Alteration of F. pâté, OF. pasté pasty.]
A little pie or pasty.
1710P. Lamb Cookery 75 Your Mushroom Patty..is proper for second Course. a1756E. Haywood New Present (1771) 171 To make Veal Patties. 1769Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 25 Lay over it fried oysters, or oyster patties. 1848Dickens Dombey v, I see cold fowls—ham—patties—salad—lobster. 1870Ramsay Remin. iv. (ed. 18) 72 His mistress..dabbed her fork into the pattee.
Add:2. a. A small, flattened cake of chopped or minced food (esp. meat).
1905F. M. Farmer What to have for Dinner 107 Squash patties..should be freshly baked and served warm. 1937America's Cook Bk. 222 Season 1 pound lean beef..and mix thoroughly. Shape into patties. 1973K. S. Nelson Eastern European Cookbk. (1977) 35 With wet hands form mixture into small patties, about 2½ inches round; dust patties lightly in flour. 1989Boston Globe 1 Feb. 52 German immigrants to the US brought recipes for ground beef with them. It is not known exactly when..the patties first were served on a bun, but there is no doubt hamburgers were a big seller at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
b. A thin, circular sweetmeat, freq. peppermint-flavoured. Chiefly N. Amer. (orig. U.S.).
[1927M. de la Roche Jalna ii. 38 Come and have a nice peppermint pâté or a glass of sherry.] 1942America's Cook Bk. (rev. ed.) 766 Maple, coffee and chocolate fondants may also be made into patties. 1965‘Malcolm X’ Autobiogr. (1966) xiii. 300 Appointed Muslim Sisters quickly passed small trays from which everyone took a thin, round patty of peppermint candy. 1978Washington Post 23 Feb. d4/2 A ‘chocolaty-covered caramel and peanuts’ confection patty-style in a square-shaped, orange-colored wrapper. 1987Daily Tel. 30 May 3/8 He ordered an immediate secret raid which netted nearly 30 items including..liquorice sticks, gum, Reese's peanut butter cups and peppermint patties.
c. transf.
1973Reader's Digest Apr. 206/2 Nurse Allen and Nurse James were now counting patties—small cotton-wool pads that surgeons use to mop up oozing blood and keep the operating area dry. 1978Washington Post 14 May a18/4 They'll mix the dung with straw, form it into patties, and dry it. 1983G. Priestland At Large 56 Watching the poor of India making cowdung patties for fuel..you realize that they are people engaged like you in the business of living. |