choke-priest

noun

A thick Italian soup containing pasta or dumplings.

OriginItalian strozzapreti →
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Meanings

nounchoke-priest (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA thick Italian soup containing pasta or dumplings.

    Warm choke-priest, pastry, and sour wine (the refuse of the convent cellars) were retailed for the same purposes.

    1848, James Grant, Adventures of an Aide-de-camp, volume 1, page 145

Origin

  1. Italianstrozzapreti
  2. Englishchoke-priest

UK mid-19th century. Calque of Italian strozzapreti, from strozzare (“to choke; to strangle”) + prete (“priest”). Equivalent to choke + priest.

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