Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Chiefly Southern U.S. Coleslaw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Coleslaw.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- p. p. of slee, to slay.
- n. Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete (Scotch) form of slow.
- n. Sliced cabbage, served cooked or uncooked as a salad.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. basically shredded cabbage
Etymologies
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Examples
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The refreshing crunch of the slaw is the perfect complement to the creamy, spicy and smoky sweet potatoes and black beans.
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The cole slaw is traditional; the sauce blends balsamic vinegar and maple syrup.
Buttermilk fried chicken waffles – impossible wine pairing? | Dr Vino's wine blog
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The slaw is about to become one of my fallback slaws -- also quick, easy and delicious.
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A 1/4 chicken with potato salad or cole slaw is only $4.25 ($4.75 if you want white meat), and a 1/2 chicken with potato salad or cole slaw comes in at an awesome $5.35.
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The sharp clean taste of the raw fennel, which I love in a fennel slaw, is mellowed and transformed.
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The slaw is good, but theother items need slaw too!
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Looks like this slaw is right in line with all that mayo.
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I like the coarseness of hand-chopped cabbage but my friends say phooey to that, and rely on shredded slaw from the supermarket.
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Salvadoran food doesn’t mandate chili heat like so many Mexican dishes, so the spicy variation of curtido, the requisite side dish of cabbage slaw is surprising, and good.
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For a chef, being famous for a slaw should be a comparable indignity to a poet beloved for his punctuation, or a porn star celebrated for his line readings.
reesetee commented on the word slaw
Weirdnet again....
This is how my dad says "coleslaw"--as though using the entire word is just too exacting. Likewise, hot dogs are simply "dogs."
July 29, 2011
yarb commented on the word slaw
Same eggcorn here rolig!
July 29, 2011
rolig commented on the word slaw
Or even cold slaw (the eggcorn I grew up with), which of course must be served chilled.
July 28, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word slaw
Well, it's not coleslaw.
July 28, 2011
rolig commented on the word slaw
So then what would elaborately shredded cabbage be?
July 28, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word slaw
Basically 'Who slew the slaw?' in other words. and who saw it if it is a mystory (sic) novel!
July 28, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word slaw
Ha! I like the "basically shredded cabbage" definition from Wordnet.
July 28, 2011