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gravy

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noun

plural gravies.

the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
Slang.
1. profit or money easily obtained or received unexpectedly.
2. money illegally or dishonestly acquired, especially through graft.
something advantageous or valuable that is received or obtained as a benefit beyond what is due or expected.

gravy

/ ˈɡ��ɪ��ɪ /

noun

1. the juices that exude from meat during cooking
2. the sauce made by thickening and flavouring such juices
slang.
money or gain acquired with little effort, esp above that needed for ordinary living
slang.
wonderful; excellent
it's all gravy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gravy¹

1350–1400; 1905–10 gravy fordef 2; Middle English ��é, gravey < Old French ��é, perhaps misreading of ��é (compare grain spice) < Latin ��ٳܲ� full of grains. See grain, -ate ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gravy¹

C14: from Old French ��é, of uncertain origin

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Ask a roomful of nonnas for their take on the perfect Sunday gravy — each with her own self-assured, no-nonsense stance — and you’ll get just as many takes on baked spaghetti.

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I was not at all prepared for the sausage gravy pour.

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They get shoved into paper fast-food bags, drowned in sausage gravy and yanked from refrigerated tubes with a jarring pop.

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Thanksgiving, for all its excess, is not a particularly textural meal—pillowy mashed potatoes, velvety gravy, candied yams collapsing under their own syrup.

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Officials later confirmed his last meal was four pieces of fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, cheesecake and sweet tea.

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