sippet
nounEtymology First attested in the 16th century, as a diminutive of sop. See et.
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Obsolete A small piece of something, especially a piece of toast or fried bean eaten with soup or gravy.
- The best sauce for green geese is the juice of sorrel and sugar, mixed together with a few scladed feaberries and served upon sippets1615, Gervase Markham, The English Huswife:
- Then have sippets finely carved, and some slices of French bread in the bottom of the dish, […].1685, Robert May, The accomplisht cook:
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- Garnish your dish with sippets, lemon, and a few pickled mushrooms.1764, Elizabeth Moxon, English Housewifery Exemplified:
- Serve with small sippets of bread fried in butter.1859-1861, Mrs. Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management:
- The ghost of Mr. Woodhouse himself may stare and gasp at being told that this awful preparation, this culinary corpse-reviver, apparently suited only to chalcenterous persons or those at the point of death, is a very simple mutton broth with sippets in it.1889 November 9, The Saturday Review, London, page 538, column 1:
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