Melton Mowbray

proper noun

A town (unparished) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK7519).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town (unparished) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK7519).
  2. A locality in Central Highlands council area and the Southern Midlands council area, central Tasmania, Australia.
nounMelton Mowbray (plural Melton Mowbrays)

plural Melton Mowbrays

  1. A pork pie with a hand-formed crust, containing chopped rather than minced meat.

    England's traditional steak-kidney-mushroom-and-oyster pie is a carry-over from the cooked dish. So to an extent are Melton Mowbrays, the pies made of pork, game or lamb which originated in a market town in Leicestershire […]

    1970, James Trager, The enriched, fortified, concentrated, country-fresh, lip-smacking, finger-licking, international, unexpurgated foodbook, page 60
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