scotched collops

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(now, chiefly, _, US) A dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments.

Origin: Reanalysis of earlier Scotch collops from Scotch to scotched. The dish was labeled variously during the 18th and 19th centuries as Scotch collops, scorched collops, or scotched collops, among others. The latter form is first attested from the 18th century, with Scotch collops from the 17th. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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