soupe maigre

See also: soupe-maigre

English

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Etymology

From French soupe maigre.

Noun

soupe maigre

  1. (cooking) A soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 512:
      I now recollect that all my distemper was returning upon me with irresistible violence—and that in spite of water-gruel and soupe-maigre.
    • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.13:
      Nay, perceiving that he was extremely penurious in his house-keeping, he spoilt many a pot of excellent soup maigre, by slily conveying into it handfuls of salt or soot […] .
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