scampin.
/ˈskampi/, U.S. /ˈskæmpi/ With plural and singular agreement.
1. Also in singular scampo. = Dublin prawn n. at Dublin n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > lobster
lobstera1000
sea crayfishc1440
long oyster1622
red crab1674
crevis fish1688
crayfish1748
Norway lobster1777
Cape lobster1793
spiny lobster1819
langouste1832
thorny lobster1833
écrevisse1854
chicken lobster1871
homarine1880
Dublin prawn1911
langostino1915
scampi1928
langoustine1946
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of Nephropsidae of Astacura (lobster)
Norway lobster1777
Nephrops1814
camaron1880
Dublin prawn1911
langostino1915
scampi1928
langoustine1946
1928 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas xiv. 316 It is extremely plentiful in the Adriatic and is sold in the Italian ports under the name of ‘Scampo’.
1953 P. H. Bonner SPQR viii. 70 Those little scampi are not enough for hungry fishermen.
1966 Punch 28 Sept. 483/3 The mysterious scampo which we see in this country, an animal which appears to have no head, is in fact the tail of the Dublin Bay Prawn.
1972 Daily Tel. 5 May 2/6 Scampi..make deep burrows in the mud.. and thus easily escape the trawling nets of fishermen.
2. (A dish of) these prawns eaten as a delicacy, usually coated with breadcrumbs and fried in oil, or boiled and served with (garlic) sauce.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fish dishes > [noun] > shell-fish or crustacean dishes
musculadea1475
oyster loaf1747
clambake1835
lobster Newburg1914
tempura1920
moules marinière1928
scampi1930
lobster thermidor1933
shrimp cocktail1937
étouffée1958
chao tom1969
vongole1977
stuffie1980
1930 E. Waugh Labels vi. 158 I ate scampi at Cavaletto and felt no ill effects.
1951 N. Balchin Way through Wood xii. 176 You look like a man who's been gazing on the scampi when they're brown.
1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot ii. 268 It's sure to be scampi or snails or some~thing I couldn't eat.
1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. ii. 244 This theme takes us through scampi and the main course.
1978 Times 11 Apr. 16/4 Bartolomeo Calderoni…introduced scampi to Britain.
1978 Times 11 Apr. 16/5 As for the scampi, he imported them from Venice's Grand Hotel..when he was head chef at Quaglino's in the 1930s.
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attributive and in other combinations.
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1959 Good Food Guide 46 Scampi Provençales and duck Grand Marnier can be arranged to order.
1960 House & Garden July 60/3 Such memorable dishes as scampi risotto.
1966 D. Skirrow It won't get you Anywhere vi. 32 What about a little schmaltzy restaurant down the King's Road? Or..maybe further up the river in the scampi belt?
1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. vi. 19/1 The scampi marsala and the baked clams also were worthy antipasti choices as was the cannelloni bechamel.
1980 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 7 Jan. 11 (advt.) Vacancies for full-time/part-time scampi processors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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