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Definition of English sole

1. Noun. Highly valued almost pure white flesh.

2. Noun. Popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of English Sole

English people English person English plantain English plus English primrose English professor English rhinoplasty English rose English roses English runner bean

English saddle English saddles English setter English sole (current term) English sonnet English sonnets English sparrow English springer English springer spaniel English strong ale

English studies English sweating disease English system English teacher English toy spaniel English violet English walnut

Literary usage of English sole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"... Mussels Mariniere 60 English sole Colbert 1 00 Planked ... 60 English sole Bonne Femme 110 Son Clams Canadienne 65 Fillet of Flounder Mornay 55 Broiled ..."

2. Distinctive Automobile Garments & Requisites: Exclusive Imported and by Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.) (1905)
"... it Kit of English sole Leather ior four persons; twenty-four and one-half ... of English sole Leather for six persons; thirty and one- half inches long, ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"English sole leather has long had the reputation of being the best in the world, and its better grades are superior to any other manufactured, ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1867)
"... but our English sole surpasses them all. After dining, G. invariably proposed an adjournment " to have a drink." We therefore bend our course to ..."

5. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"This is the flounder called "English sole" by the local fishermen, a toothsome creature resembling the true sole of Europe — Solea solea — in flavor, ..."

6. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"... Mussels Mariniere 60 English sole Colbert 1 00 Planked ... 60 English sole Bonne Femme 110 Son Clams Canadienne 65 Fillet of Flounder Mornay 55 Broiled ..."

7. Distinctive Automobile Garments & Requisites: Exclusive Imported and by Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.) (1905)
"... it Kit of English sole Leather ior four persons; twenty-four and one-half ... of English sole Leather for six persons; thirty and one- half inches long, ..."

8. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"English sole leather has long had the reputation of being the best in the world, and its better grades are superior to any other manufactured, ..."

9. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1867)
"... but our English sole surpasses them all. After dining, G. invariably proposed an adjournment " to have a drink." We therefore bend our course to ..."

10. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"This is the flounder called "English sole" by the local fishermen, a toothsome creature resembling the true sole of Europe — Solea solea — in flavor, ..."

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