soup maigren.
/suːpˈmeɪɡə/ Thin soup, made chiefly from vegetables or fish.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > other soups
breec1000
mortressc1387
cretone?a1400
mortrelc1400
primrosea1450
water-kale?a1500
white broth?1537
plum broth1614
mutton broth1615
veal brotha1625
nettle-kale?c1625
China-broth1628
bisque1647
beer-broth1648
dilligrout1662
nativity broth1674
sowdyc1700
mandarin broth1701
white soup1708
soup-vermicell1724
soup-meagre1733
burgoo1743
sago-gruel1743
soup maigre1754
vermicelli soup1769
vermicelli1771
noodle soup1779
mock turtle soup1783
pepper-water1783
mulligatawny1784
powsowdie1787
macaroni soup1789
bird's nest soup1806
smiggins1825
garbure1829
pish-pash1834
laksa1846
sancocho1851
ajiaco1856
pepper soup1860
liquorice-soup1864
mock turtle1876
borsch1884
petite marmite1890
whey-brose1894
rassolnik1899
lokshen soup1900
menudo1904
hoosh1905
sinigang1912
waterzooi1915
Cullen Skink1916
swallow's nest soup1920
mizutaki1933
rasam1933
pasta fazool1935
pho1935
pasta fagioli1951
stracciatella1954
solyanka1958
tom yam1960
mannish water1968
pasta e fagioli1968
ribollita1968
tom yam kung1969
1754 Connoisseur No. 19. ⁋9 But what, alas! are the weak endeavours of a few to oppose the daily inroads of fricassees and soup maigres?
1766 M. Townshend in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 52 If you could persuade them of the wholesomeness of soup maigre and barley bread, it might be of great use to them.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 63 Its bad effects may in a great measure be taken off by a dinner of mutton broth, or soup maigre, on the following day.
1840 J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan I. xv. 366 A sort of soup maigre is poured upon it.
Derivatives
soup-meagre n. Now Obsolete or rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > other soups
breec1000
mortressc1387
cretone?a1400
mortrelc1400
primrosea1450
water-kale?a1500
white broth?1537
plum broth1614
mutton broth1615
veal brotha1625
nettle-kale?c1625
China-broth1628
bisque1647
beer-broth1648
dilligrout1662
nativity broth1674
sowdyc1700
mandarin broth1701
white soup1708
soup-vermicell1724
soup-meagre1733
burgoo1743
sago-gruel1743
soup maigre1754
vermicelli soup1769
vermicelli1771
noodle soup1779
mock turtle soup1783
pepper-water1783
mulligatawny1784
powsowdie1787
macaroni soup1789
bird's nest soup1806
smiggins1825
garbure1829
pish-pash1834
laksa1846
sancocho1851
ajiaco1856
pepper soup1860
liquorice-soup1864
mock turtle1876
borsch1884
petite marmite1890
whey-brose1894
rassolnik1899
lokshen soup1900
menudo1904
hoosh1905
sinigang1912
waterzooi1915
Cullen Skink1916
swallow's nest soup1920
mizutaki1933
rasam1933
pasta fazool1935
pho1935
pasta fagioli1951
stracciatella1954
solyanka1958
tom yam1960
mannish water1968
pasta e fagioli1968
ribollita1968
tom yam kung1969
1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) iii. iii. 34 Let there be two great Dishes of Soup-Meagre, a good large Suet Pudding,..and a Dish of Artichoaks.
1797 R. Southey Lett. from Spain xxvii. 499 After doing penance for forty days on fish and soup meagre, they [etc.].
1800 Spirit of Public Jrnls. 3 321 Soup-meagre in the van, and snuff; roast-beef behind.
1833 J. S. Sands Poems 53 (E.D.D.) Soup-meagre, kickshaws, or plain calf's-foot jelly.
1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 231 Here was Morbleu, a French devil, supping soup-meagre.
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