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poached
poached
English
Verb
poached
- simple past tense and past participle of poach
Adjective
poached (comparative more poached, superlative most poached)
- Cooked by poaching.
- 1931, Francis Beeding, chapter 1/1, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:
- Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.
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- Obtained by poaching.