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gravy

[ grey-vee ]

noun

plural gravies.
  1. the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
  2. Slang.
    1. profit or money easily obtained or received unexpectedly.
    2. money illegally or dishonestly acquired, especially through graft.
  3. something advantageous or valuable that is received or obtained as a benefit beyond what is due or expected.


gravy

/ 藞伞谤别瑟惫瑟 /

noun

    1. the juices that exude from meat during cooking
    2. the sauce made by thickening and flavouring such juices
  1. slang.
    money or gain acquired with little effort, esp above that needed for ordinary living
  2. slang.
    wonderful; excellent

    it's all gravy

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gravy1

1350鈥1400; 1905鈥10 gravy fordef 2; Middle English 驳谤补惫茅, gravey < Old French 驳谤补惫茅, perhaps misreading of 驳谤补苍茅 (compare grain spice) < Latin 驳谤补苍腻迟耻蝉 full of grains. See grain, -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gravy1

C14: from Old French 驳谤补惫茅, of uncertain origin
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Ask a roomful of nonnas for their take on the perfect Sunday gravy 鈥 each with her own self-assured, no-nonsense stance 鈥 and you鈥檒l get just as many takes on baked spaghetti.

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I was not at all prepared for the sausage gravy pour.

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They get shoved into paper fast-food bags, drowned in sausage gravy and yanked from refrigerated tubes with a jarring pop.

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Thanksgiving, for all its excess, is not a particularly textural meal鈥攑illowy mashed potatoes, velvety gravy, candied yams collapsing under their own syrup.

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Officials later confirmed his last meal was four pieces of fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, cheesecake and sweet tea.

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