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▪ I. slaw N. Amer.|slɔː| Also slaugh. [ad. Du. sla, shortened form of salade salad.] A salad made of sliced cabbage, etc. Also, any dish the main ingredient of which is sliced cabbage.
1794, etc. [see cold-slaw]. 1861T. Winthrop Cecil Dreeme 157 Pad of butter. Plate of slaw, ready vinegared. 1864Daily Telegr. 9 Feb., Salted cucumber, beetroot and cold slaugh. 1890Daily News 23 Dec. 5/2 Salsify, cold slaw (sliced cabbage) with rich mayonnaise dressing. 1905N.Y. Even. Post 23 Sept. 2 Mince pie, hokey-pokey ice cream, over-ripe watermelon, frankfurters with hot slaw—all the less expensive and less desirable articles of diet go to stunt the gamin's growth. 1916Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 143/1 In Canada it [sc. celery cabbage] is used for cold slaw. 1944Sun (Baltimore) 1 Nov. 10/7 It was customary in his family in his boyhood to serve a ‘hot slaw’ with turkey, the slaw consisting of cabbage cooked with vinegar and sugar. 1977National Observer (U.S.) 22 Jan. 9/1 If she craves tossed salad when the price of lettuce is high, she resolutely buys cabbage and makes slaw instead. ▪ II. slaw obs. or dial. f. slow. |