Surloin

” “Very likely, sir, ” answered Partridge; “and if my eyes were fixed on a good surloin of roast beef, the devil might take the moon and her horns into the bargain. ❋ Unknown (1917)

The reader himself, dropping on his knee when he performed the servile office, proffered the towel with which the king prepared himself for the repast; and barristers of ancient lineage and professional eminence contended for the honor of serving His Majesty with surloin and cheesecake upon the knee, and hastened with the alacrity of well-trained lacqueys to do the bidding of "the lords att their table." ❋ John Cordy Jeaffreson (1866)

It is, perhaps, a pity to spoil so noble a story; but the interests of truth demand that we declare that sirloin is probably a corruption of surloin, which signifies the upper part of a loin, the prefix sur being equivalent to over or above. ❋ Isabella Mary (1861)

The cow is sacrificed to her bag, the ox to his surloin. ❋ Unknown (1856)

To speak the truth Mr. Mason had himself gone to the neighbouring butcher, and ordered the surloin of beef, knowing that it would be useless to trust to orders conveyed through his wife. ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)

A whole surloin of beef formed the chief ornament of one end of the table. ❋ Unknown (1845)

"Bring hither that _surloin_, sirrah, for 'tis worthy of a more honourable post, being, as I may say, not _surloin_ but _sirloin_, the noblest joint of all;" which ridiculous and desperate pun raised the wisdom and reputation of England's Solomon to the highest. ❋ John Roby (1821)

The occasion, as far as we have been able to gather, was thus: -- Whilst he sat at meat, casting his eyes upon a noble _surloin_ at the lower end of the table, he cried out -- ❋ John Roby (1821)

Without allowing his visiter leisure for much further reflection, the old mariner made a motion to him to take the only vacant chair in the room, while he continued his employment on the surloin with as much assiduity as though no interruption had taken place. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

It was pronounced delicious; and Mr. Wilmot acknowledged he had not seen such a surloin in France. ❋ Unknown (1804)

"I am your man," said he, nodding at the petitioner; and sharpening the carving-knife with his own, he cut into the smoking surloin. ❋ Unknown (1804)

Who would ever have shown the hungry mounseers such a surloin as that? ❋ Unknown (1804)

"Very likely, sir," answered Partridge; "and if my eyes were fixed on a good surloin of roast beef, the devil might take the moon and her horns into the bargain." ❋ Henry Fielding (1730)

To treat of the effects of love to you, must be as absurd as to discourse on colours to a man born blind; since possibly your idea of love may be as absurd as that which we are told such blind man once entertained of the colour scarlet; that colour seemed to him to be very much like the sound of a trumpet: and love probably may, in your opinion, very greatly resemble a dish of soup, or a surloin of roast-beef. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But though the love to these several objects may possibly be one and the same in all cases, its operations however must be allowed to be different; for, how much soever we may be in love with an excellent surloin of beef, or bottle of Burgundy; with a damask rose, or Cremona fiddle; yet do we never simile, nor ogle, nor dress, nor flatter, nor endeavour by any other arts or tricks to gain the affection of the said beef, &c. ❋ Unknown (2004)

“and if my eyes were fixed on a good surloin of roast beef, the devil might take the moon and her horns into the bargain.” ❋ Unknown (2004)

But though the love to these several objects may possibly be one and the same in all cases, its operations however must be allowed to be different; for, how much soever we may be in love with an excellent surloin of beef, or bottle of Burgundy; with a damask rose, or Cremona fiddle; yet do we never smile, nor ogle, nor dress, nor flatter, nor endeavour by any other arts or tricks to gain the affection of the said beef, &c. ❋ Henry Fielding (1730)