| 单词 | fifth quarter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfifth quarter fifth quarter n. now rare the refuse of a slaughtered animal, as the hide, fat, innards, etc., sometimes notionally regarded as the parts that provide the profit to a butcher; (similarly) the refuse of a slaughtered bird (cf. quarter n. 9b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > pluck, offal, or tripe tripea1300 numblesc1330 tripea1400 chitterling?c1400 giblet14.. hasletc1400 umbles14.. womb cloutc1400 garbage1422 offala1425 interlardc1440 hinge1469 draught?a1475 mugget1481 paunch1512 purtenance1530 pertinence1535 chawdron1578 menudes1585 humblesa1592 gut?1602 pluck1611 sheep's-pluck1611 fifth quarter1679 trail1764 fry1847 chitling1869 small goods1874 black tripe1937 variety meat1942 1679 J. Leanerd Counterfeits iii. i. 28 Come, 'faith never deny'd, if thou..art contracted for Gizzards, and the fifth quarter of a Hen call'd the Guts, I desist. 1794 Ann. Agric. 22 54 Some value the saleable meat at 6d. per lb. allowing what is called the fifth quarter for the butcher's profit. 1879 Irish Times 17 June 6 The hide, horns, feet, head, tallow, and offal of the animal are not estimated in the value; they are known to the trade as the fifth quarter, they are looked upon as the perquisite of the butcher. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 94 Then the fifth quarter is lost: all that raw stuff, hide, hair, horns. 1995 Ital. Food & Wine Spring 8/2 The workers, as part of their pay, were awarded the quintoquarto, slang meaning ‘fifth quarter’, or innards. < as lemmas |
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