单词 | palaver sauce |
释义 | > as lemmaspalaver sauce palaver sauce n. West African a spicy vegetable stew, often served (esp. in Sierra Leone) as an accompaniment to a bland staple vegetable such as yam or plantain. ΚΠ 1824 H. Kilham Jrnl. 19 Feb. (1837) viii. 213 The prickly cotton-tree..leaves..are used for what the natives call palaver-sauce. 1905 R. A. Freeman Golden Pool v. 43 I unguardedly swallowed a spoonful of the orange-red ‘palaver sauce’ and was instantly reduced to tears and suffocation. 1997 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Travel section) 3 Outside, I toyed with yam and palaver sauce in the Hut de Eric cafeteria, but it did little to remove a nasty aftertaste. < as lemmas |
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