单词 | petit poussin |
释义 | petit poussinn. Chiefly in contexts of French cookery: a young chicken. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > chicken chicken1381 March chick1600 poulet1764 spring chicken1765 chicken meat1826 murgi1863 broiler1876 petit poussin1895 poussin1900 fryer1923 murgh1976 1894 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 5 299 Some hundreds of very young chickens—petits poussins, as they are called in France—about a month old.] 1895 E. Brown Poultry Fattening vii. 104 Mr. Bailey believes that pure Dorkings are decidedly the best... When they are ready for killing they are petits poussins, whatever the age may be. 1900 Times 26 Feb. 3/2 Belgium has been fortunate enough to establish a speciality..with its ‘petit poussin’. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 882/2 Chickens fattened quite young..and known as petits poussins or ‘milk chickens’. 1927 Daily Express 1 Apr. 5 English poultry is dear, but there are spring chicken and petits poussins, ducklings and plovers' eggs. 1961 Harrods Food News 16/2 Poultry..English Petit Poussin. 2003 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 22 Jan. 1 f The menu includes Summer Squash Soup with Basil Cream, Roasted Petit Poussin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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