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saveloy
CIDE DICTIONARY
saveloy, n. [F. cervelas, It. cervellata, fr. cervello brain, L. cerebellum, dim. of cerebrum brain. See Cerebral.].
A kind of dried sausage. McElrath. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
saveloy, n. a seasoned red pork sausage, dried and smoked, and sold ready to eat.
Etymology
corrupt. of F cervelas, -at, f. It. cervellata (cervello brain)
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