Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at underdone.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Underdone.
Examples
-
I don't hate it or anything, but I think it is Pathetically Underdone and Pallid.
Baguettes Bizarre Lindy 2005
-
I don't hate it or anything, but I think it is Pathetically Underdone and Pallid.
Toast: Lindy 2005
-
Underdone, bleeding a little as you bite it, a trace of garlic, just enough salt.
When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964
-
_Underdone_, a lover of raw beef-steaks, and _Undervalue_, a person who has proved himself a great friend to custom-house officers, having some of the cunning of _Underhand_, but not quite so much luck, and subjecting his goods to seizure, for having tried to cheat the king.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 532, February 4, 1832 Various
-
"And his daughter, she's musical, and Mr.. Buncomtalk, she's a great light on woman suffrage, and Miss Scragg and Mr. Underdone -- they both write poetry, so they can talk about that."
Further Foolishness Stephen Leacock 1906
-
Underdone bread, cake, and pie, are unfit for any stomach, yet are seen upon many tables.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
-
As he was only a knight, his horse-shoe was not in request Sir Gilbert told the warder in a few words his name and errand, whereupon that functionary summoned a boy, and desired him to conduct the knight and maiden to Mistress Underdone.
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864
-
"No, it is very queer," replied Clarice, with an apologetic blush, "very odd -- Underdone!"
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864
-
Underdone entered at that moment with a plate of gingerbread in her hand smoking hot from the oven.
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864
-
Sir Lambert sent the company into convulsions of laughter by clasping his hands on this announcement with a look of pretended despair, upon which Mistress Underdone, justly indignant, gave him such a box on the ear that he was occupied in rubbing it for the next ten minutes, thereby increasing the merriment of the rest.
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.