saveloy
/ˈsavəlɔɪ
/noun British
A seasoned red pork sausage, dried and smoked and sold ready to eat.Growing up in a Greek takeaway in Birmingham might not have been something you bragged about, says Peter, but the smell of cod, saveloys and kebabs was the spur to getting a university education...
- The store in the larger camps sold groceries, the baker brought bread twice a week, a truck called with fruit and vegetables for sale, and the butcher called bringing sausages galore and in one camp giving each child a saveloy.
- It's position, parked up on the verge by the main arterial route over to Brighton indicates that it has not been left, engine running, whilst its owner nips into the chippy for a saveloy.
Origin
Mid 19th century: alteration of obsolete French cervelat, from Italian cervellata; compare with cervelat.