battered sav

9.9

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

noun

Australian

: salchicha rebozada

I ordered a battered sav at the fish and chip shop.

Examples

I bought a battered sav from the chip shop for lunch.
She prefers her battered sav with plenty of tomato sauce.
At the fair, kids lined up to get a hot, crunchy battered sav.
Have you ever tried a battered sav?
I bought a battered sav from the chip shop for lunch.
At the fair, kids lined up to get a hot, crunchy battered sav.
She prefers her battered sav with plenty of tomato sauce.

Surface Forms

battered sav singular

battered savs plural

Morphology

batter + sav

The compound is compositionally built: 'battered' denotes coated in batter and frying, and the head noun refers to a food item ('sav' = saveloy/sausage). A learner who knows both constituents can therefore infer the meaning (a sausage coated in batter and fried); although 'sav' is dialectal/slang, the pattern 'battered + food' is transparent and cross-linguistically common.

Etymology

Battered sav may come from the simple image of a sav, short for the 'saveloy' sausage, that is battered, dipped in batter and deep-fried. That's why the phrase means a 'sausage' coated in batter and fried, a popular snack at chip shops and fairs.