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gravy Definition


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gravy
noun gravies
    1. The juices released by meat as it is cooking.
    2a. A sauce made by thickening and seasoning these juices;
    2b. A similar sauce made with an artificial substitute.
    3. slang
      Easily obtained money.
Etymology: 14c: perhaps from French gravé, a mistaken reading of grané cooking spice.



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