Example sentences for: kedgeree

How can you use “kedgeree” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • ' Two other good examples are Juggernaut `unstoppable destructive force: or object,' which derives from jagannath , and kedgeree `cooked dish of rice, lentils, and spices,' which derives from khicri or khicari . The familiar cot and dungaree are close to their Hindi predecessors in pronunciation, though not in spelling; they derive, respectively, from khat and dungri .

  • Kedgeree , a vegetable curry, popular with seamen, has, notwithstanding tarry appetites, not the remotest connection with matters nautical; kickback is shown by the OED2e to be a 20th-century coinage, and there is not evidence to suggest it ever had anything to do with maritime affairs; and kite , for which the OED2e includes a 7th-century quotation for the (original) bird sense, found a metaphoric application to sail not much before the middle of the 19th century.


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