Mortress

Word MORTRESS
Character 8
Hyphenation mor tress
Pronunciations N/A

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I had but sat down to a flask of malvesie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1902)

A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1902)

I had but sat down to a flask of malvoisie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck. ❋ Arthur Conan Doyle (1894)

We find that there was a cook among the company; and his services were no doubt at times in great request, "For he could roast and seethe, and broil and fry, And make a mortress and well bake a pie." ❋ Henry Ernest Dudeney (1893)

So called, says Skinner, who Writes it _mortress_, because the ingredients are all pounded together in a mortar. ❋ Samuel Pegge (1750)

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