squab
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- noun
- /skwɑb/
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- The chef recommended the squab with a rich mushroom sauce as a special dish.
- roasted squab
- grilled squab
- Squab was served
And everybody was eating, you know, squab.
- And everybody was eating, you know, squab.
Examples
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Pairings like the roast squab and red wine fared a bit better, but we still don't see German wine becoming a regular at Chinese banquets, which have survived without it for around 5,000 years.
Blog text (31) -
For dinner, we enjoyed a succulent roasted squab served with vegetables.
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Will you have some squab and honey?
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Uh, squab and wild rice is on a special today.
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Ah, but the squabs were fat.
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Turned out the squab was pigeon.
Blog text (14) -
Squab was served for lunch, which we assumed was just a coincidence.
Fiction book (1999) -
Squab, pheasant, fine wine from Marseilles.
Fiction book (1990) -
We had chicken, squab, and beef along with boiled and pilao rice, paratha (bread), and vegetables.
Blog text (2) -
By early evening, all the Magazine Chums who could be reached and who could arrange swift transportation to the club sat in congregation around the supper table, as Phillips served squab and bangers, with bumpers of bubbly.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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The meat of a small pigeon that people eat
Compounds
- UK
A seafood that can be deadly because its ovaries and liver contain a strong nerve poison
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Etymology
Squab names the meat of a young pigeon and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a small, plump bird; the word probably comes from an old idea meaning 'short and round', like squat, so squab brings to mind the tender, plump meat of a young pigeon.