| 单词 | house specialty |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse specialty house specialty n. chiefly North American a dish or drink considered to be the most characteristic or distinctive item served in a particular restaurant, bar, etc.; also in extended use.In quot. 1885 a notable product sold by a particular business. ΚΠ 1885 R. Edwards New York's Great Industries 292/1 The beds of this house are located at Prince's Bay,..the line of trade embracing all first-class oysters, among which the famous ‘Monogram’ brand is made a ‘house specialty’. 1939 L. Beebe in N.Y. Herald Tribune 22 July 12/1 The house specialty is known as a Tortuga and is built with nine ounces of Jamaica rum. 1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 9 Feb. Hatchet murders, we are told, were the house specialty of the newspaper; its front page was a virtual abattoir. 2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 111 (caption) Roadside stall in Hado, where the house specialty is peanut soup. < as lemmas |
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