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souse

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5 lettersPronunciation /saʊs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eossuStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Word origin

From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).

Used in a sentence

  • And he that can rear up a pig in his house, / Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse.
  • "If there's any, giving in charge here I'll give you in charge for sneaking my beer, you slop-bellied old souse!" exclaimed Peter.
  • (Although I bee well soused in this showere,)

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