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Definition of Leftovers
1. Noun. Food remaining from a previous meal. "He had leftovers for dinner last night"
Definition of Leftovers
1. Noun. (plural of leftover) ¹
2. Noun. Food remaining after a meal; excess food eaten later. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leftovers
1. leftover [n] - See also: leftover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leftovers
Literary usage of Leftovers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Family Words: The Dictionary for People Who Don't Know a Frone from a Brinkle by Paul Dickson (1998)
"(KMOX, KNBR, WAMU, WHO, and more than a dozen letters) Such a purging of leftovers
seems to be a common event in American households. ..."
2. Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California by Commonwealth Club of California (1903)
"California lumbering operations have enough of these leftovers to support a large
... When the possible pulp production from leftovers has been reached, ..."
3. Authentic Reading Practice Grades 1-3by Jo Ellen Moore by Jo Ellen Moore (2001)
"REFRIGERATE leftovers IMMEDIATELY OR DISCARD. KEEP RAW MEAT AND POULTRY SEPARATE
FROM OTHER FOODS. WASH WORKING SURFACES (INCLUDING CUTTING BOARDS), ..."
4. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"Preserving Food Left Over From a Meal leftovers should be divided into two ...
Short term leftovers should be stored in a clean, airtight container and ..."
5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"Turnovers and leftovers ABOUT fifteen years ago," writes a publisher, "I was
taken to the buyers' room in one of the large department stores of Boston. ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"The fishes in this area, very limited in species, must all be looked upon as
relicts, leftovers as the streams in which they occur are leftovers from a ..."
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