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saveloy

saveloy

9.9
A cooked spicy red pork sausage often eaten hot
  • noun
  • /ˈsævəˌlɔɪ/
  • UK
translation icon : saveloy
  • ♪ Peas, pudding and saveloys!

Then you get, I don't know, a jumbo saveloy, and you go.

Examples

  • Tell your dad that I'll be round on Thursday with the saveloys.

    Braindead (1992)

  • Then you get, I don't know, a jumbo saveloy, and you go.

    The Useless Hotline Podcast

  • For lunch, I ordered a hot dog stuffed with a spicy saveloy.

  • The chef prepared a delicious saveloy with mashed potatoes and peas.

  • At the market, I bought a couple of saveloys to grill for the barbecue.

Synonyms

battered sav
vssaveloy
  • Australian
9.9

A sausage coated in batter and fried, often sold at fish and chip shops

is cooked and heavily seasoned rather than coated and deep fried

Surface Forms

saveloy singular
saveloys plural

Etymology

Saveloy probably comes from old French or Italian words like cervelas or cervella, which mean 'brain' because sausages were once often made with brains. So a saveloy today is a highly seasoned, bright red pork sausage usually served hot, and the old name helps you remember that many sausages began as a way to use every part of the animal.