toad-in-the-hole
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A dish of sausages baked in a soft batter like Yorkshire pudding
- noun
- /ˈtəʊd ɪn ðə həʊl/
- UK
:
sapo en el agujero
- Every Sunday, my family enjoys toad-in-the-hole topped with rich gravy.
Examples
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I love your toad-in-the-hole, Mam.
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Toad in the hole.
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They ate things they called toad in the hole, bubble and squeak.
Fiction book (1995) -
SAUSAGE AND MASH, BUBBLE AND SQUEAK, TOAD IN THE HOLE.
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For dinner, we are having toad-in-the-hole with a side of vegetables.
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The chef recommended the toad-in-the-hole as a classic British dish.
How Filling
Surface Forms
toad-in-the-hole singular
toads-in-the-hole plural
Etymology
Toad-in-the-hole is a playful name that probably comes from the look of the dish: sausages sticking out of baked batter like toads 'peeking' from a hole. A helpful way to remember it is that the name describes the food itself, a traditional British dish of sausages baked in batter.