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Definition of Collop
1. n. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
Definition of Collop
1. Noun. (Northern English dialect) A slice of meat. ¹
2. Noun. A roll or fold of flesh on the body. ¹
3. Noun. A small piece, portion, or slice of something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Collop
1. a small portion of meat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collop
Literary usage of Collop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"collop OR SHROVE MONDAY. IN the North of England the Monday preceding Shrove
Tuesday, 01 Pancake Tuesday, is called collop Monday : eggs and collops compose ..."
2. English Folk-rhymes: A Collection of Traditional Verses Relating to Places by G. F. Northall (1892)
"collop Monday, pancake Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, ... 30 : collop Monday is the
Monday before Shrove Tuesday, so called because it was the last day of ..."
3. The fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott (1822)
"... of Castle-collop!—And, my lords and lieges, let us all to our dinner, for the
cock- a-leekie is cooling." THE END. ..."
4. The Bulletin Story Book: A Selection of Stories and Literary Sketches from by Bulletin (Sydney, Alfred George Stephens (1901)
"I looked down arter him; there was collop, as I reckoned dyin', ... The little
chap was very rough with poor collop, orderin' him around like as if he was a ..."
5. A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames and Surnames, of Persons, Places and Things by Edward Latham (1904)
"collop Monday. The day before Shrove Tuesday, so called from the custom of eating
collops of salted meat and eggs on that day. Colney Hatch. ..."
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