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Webster 1913 Edition


Salpicon

Sal′pi-con

,
Noun.
[F.
salpicon
, Sp.
salpicon
.]
Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Salpicon

SAL'PICON

, n.
Stuffing; farce; chopped meat or bread, &c. used to stuff legs of veal; called also salmagundi. [I believe not used.]

Definition 2024


salpicón

salpicón

See also: salpicon

Spanish

Noun

salpicón m (plural salpicones)

  1. chopped, seasoned meat or seafood
  2. salad, fruit salad
    • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte, Capítulo I
      Una olla de algo más vaca que carnero, salpicón las más noches, duelos y quebrantos los sábados, lantejas los viernes, algún palomino de añadidura los domingos, consumían las tres partes de su hacienda
      A pot of stew of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most nights, scraps on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays, and a pigeon or so extra on Sundays, made away with three-quarters of his income.

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