Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The juices that drip from cooking meat.
- noun A sauce made by thickening and seasoning these juices.
- noun Money, profit, or benefit easily or illicitly gained.
- noun Payment or benefit in excess of what is expected or required.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fat and juices that drip from flesh in cooking; also, these juices made into a dressing for the meat when served.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.
- noun Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A thick
sauce made from thefat orjuices that come out frommeat orvegetables as they are being cooked. - noun countable A type of gravy.
- noun uncountable (among Italian-Americans)
Sauce used forpasta . - noun uncountable Unearned gain.
- noun uncountable Extra benefit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
- noun a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
- noun a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Kouvalis, the man credited with parlaying the phrase "gravy train" to a Ford victory, has been meeting with lawyers over the past few weeks to ensure no one is violating campaign-financing legislation.
Thestar.com - Home Page Robyn Doolittle 2011
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This classic combo of buckwheat groats, bowtie noodles and gravy, is incredibly simple to make when it it prepared as a side with a brisket in gravy.
Toast: Lindy 2006
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This classic combo of buckwheat groats, bowtie noodles and gravy, is incredibly simple to make when it it prepared as a side with a brisket in gravy.
It's not Iams: The Buckwheat Digressions Lindy 2006
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The turkey was dry, and over-cooked, and I soon discovered that what we call gravy back in Jolly Old, was, in America, a white sauce made from a roux of butter, flour and milk.
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The turkey was dry, and over-cooked, and I soon discovered that what we call gravy back in Jolly Old, was, in America, a white sauce made from a roux of butter, flour and milk.
Cooking up a storm 2007
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And the English word gravy appears, derived apparently but mysteriously from the French grané.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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And the English word gravy appears, derived apparently but mysteriously from the French grané.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Outspoken South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said in September that he was disappointed that the black-led government had failed to stop what he termed the gravy train set in motion by its apartheid predecessors.
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The Jews rightly expound this law as forbidding only the blood of the life, as they express it, not that which we call the gravy, for of that they supposed it was lawful to eat.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721
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The Italian surroundings did not rub off on this Irish-Swedish-American so I never spent all day stirring my homemade marinara, which they call gravy, by the way.
KeysNews.com - 2008
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