STEW
NOUNS
1637 ► LOBLOLLY a thick stew, gruel, or gravy → Amer. dial.
1706 ► HARICOT a stew, a ragout; orig. of mutton, now sometimes of other meat
..19C ► RATTLE a stew consisting of potatoes, turnips, and beef, to which are sometimes added onions → Eng. dial.
..19C ► SKILLAGALEE → SKILLIGALEE → SKILLIGOLEE → SKILLOGALEE → SKILLYGALEE → SKILLYGOLEE stew or broth → sl.
..19C ► TEN-TO-ONE Irish stew (ten pieces of potato to one piece of meat) → Eng. dial.
1834 ► SKILLEY → SKILLY a stew or gruel, usually thickened with bread or meal → Amer. dial.
1840 ► SCOUSE a meat and vegetable stew → UK sl.
1847 ► SLUM a watery stew or hash → sl.
1864 ► SON-OF-A-BITCH STEW a stew made of whatever is available → Amer. dial.
1884 ► SLUMGULLION stew created from whatever is at hand; a watery stew or hash
1886 ► SHACKLES a stew, broth, or soup → sl.
1887 ► SCOTCH-COLLOPS slices of beef stewed with onions, pepper, and salt → Sc.
..L19 ► QUAIL an order of chicken stew → US sl.
..20C ► BURGOO stew or porridge → sl.
..20C ► DEAD HORSE stew → sl.
..20C ► WATERLOO stew → rhyming sl.
1904 ► MULLIGAN (STEW) a stew made without a recipe, relying on ingredients that are left over from previous meals → US
1904 ► SCABBY-GULLION a stew of hashed meat and potatoes → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► FLY-SWISHER STEW oxtail stew → Aust. sl.
1910 ► MUCK-UP IN A DIXIE a stew → Brit. military sl.
1925 ► MULLIGA STEW a soupy sort of stew → Aust. tramps’ sl.
1926 ► CALL a stew, esp. one consisting mainly of onions and potatoes → Amer. dial.
1930 ► IRISH CAVIAR Irish stew → US sl.
1933 ► COUNTY ATTORNEY a stew made of whatever is available → Amer. dial.
1939 ► POTATO BARGAIN an economical stew consisting chiefly of pork, onions, and potatoes → Amer. dial.
1944 ► DISTRICT ATTORNEY a stew made of whatever is available → Amer. dial.
1951 ► FRICKO a chicken stew → Can. sl.
1962 ► FANNY ADAMS meat stew → Brit. sl.
1966 ► MULL a stew, usually with fish or squirrel as the main ingredient → Amer. dial.
1966 ► RAM-CAT STEW a makeshift stew → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BOILED POT PIE a stew made with dumplings → Amer. dial.
1967 ► COWBOY-STEW a stew made of whatever is available → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BLACK MIKE stew → Amer. logging usage
1987 ► DOUGH-GODS dumplings on top of a stew → Can. sl.
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