Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The haunch-bone, aitchbone, or natch-bone of a beef: so called because it presents edgewise when the meat is cut in dressing for the table. It is the principal part of the pelvis or os innominatum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
aitchbone .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
aitchbone .
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Examples
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It is infinitely superior either to the round or edgebone, and certainly not so extravagant as the last-named joint.
Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it Miss Coulton
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POPE the actor, well known for his devotion to the culinary art, received an invitation to dinner, accompanied by an apology for the simplicity of the intended fare -- a small turbot and a boiled edgebone of beef.
The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Mark Lemon 1839
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