saveloy

(redirected from saveloys)
Also found in: Thesaurus.

sav·e·loy

 (săv′ə-loi′)
n.
A highly seasoned smoked pork sausage.

[Alteration (perhaps influenced by Savoy, because it may have been introduced into Great Britain in 1613 by the ambassador of the Duchy of Savoy) of cervelat.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

saveloy

(ˈsævɪˌlɔɪ)
n
(Cookery) a smoked sausage made from salted pork, well seasoned and coloured red with saltpetre
[C19: probably via French from Italian cervellato, from cervello brain, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum brain]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.saveloy - a ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage
pork sausage - sausage containing pork
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
Spanish / Español
Select a language:

saveloy

[ˈsævəlɔɪ] Nfrankfurt m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

saveloy

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

saveloy

[ˈsævəlɔɪ] ncervellata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
Mentioned in ?
References in classic literature ?
'Still, when circumstances over which you have no control, interpose obstacles between yourself and Small Germans, you can't do better than bring a contented mind to hear on'--again dropping his voice in deference to the chariot--'Saveloys!'
He likewise entertained his guest over the soup and fish, with the calculation that he (Bounderby) had eaten in his youth at least three horses under the guise of polonies and saveloys. These recitals, Jem, in a languid manner, received with 'charming!' every now and then; and they probably would have decided him to 'go in' for Jerusalem again to-morrow morning, had he been less curious respecting Louisa.
And there are the office lads in their first surtouts, who feel a befitting contempt for boys at day-schools, club as they go home at night, for saveloys and porter, and think there's nothing like 'life.' There are varieties of the genus, too numerous to recapitulate, but however numerous they may be, they are all to be seen, at certain regulated business hours, hurrying to and from the places we have just mentioned.
The noise of footsteps on the creaking stairs, a few minutes after the occurrence of this conversation, roused the merry old gentleman as he sat over the fire with a saveloy and a small loaf in his hand; a pocket-knife in his right; and a pewter pot on the trivet.
When I dined regularly and handsomely, I had a saveloy and a penny loaf, or a fourpenny plate of red beef from a cook's shop; or a plate of bread and cheese and a glass of beer, from a miserable old public-house opposite our place of business, called the Lion, or the Lion and something else that I have forgotten.
Stavros, the owner of my local chippie, has one of his battered saveloys featured on Rate My Plate.
Lambros does not just serve up fish and chips but also all the extras associated with a regular chippie such as pies, saveloys, scampi and mushy peas, in addition to pork chops, Kalamari and kebabs should you not be in the mood for fish and chips.
Best curry, bars and beaches, Dicksons Saveloys, Minchella's ice cream, a penny per minute for the parking and free music right the way through the summer."
The company, which has 24 shops, sells around 50,000 saveloys a week and all told the firm turns out about 50 tonnes of produce weekly including other sausages, ham, bacon, coleslaw, pease pudding.
"A lot of the customers are glad that we still sell Newboulds products and we definitely sold a lot of their pork pies, saveloys and ducks today.