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Rasher


Definition:

  • (n.) A thin slice of bacon.
  • (n.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Brooklyn resident is also a regular egg eater – although she prefers hers scrambled and served with four rashers of bacon.
  • (2) In other words, if 100 people ate a sandwich containing three rashers of bacon (about 50g) every day of their lives, then 18% more of them would get bowel cancer, which equates to seven rather than six.
  • (3) Eating 50g of processed meat every day – the equivalent to one sausage or two rashers of bacon – increases the risk by 19%, compared to people who do not eat processed meat at all.
  • (4) Serves 8-10 2 small onions, finely chopped 2 sticks of celery, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced Olive oil 1 large carrot, grated 2 bay leaves 2 sprigs of rosemary 4 rashers smoked bacon, finely chopped 500g pork mince 500g beef mince Salt and black pepper 400ml red wine 2 tins of chopped tomatoes 30g dried porcini mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water with a splash of milk 600-800g dried tagliatelle, cooked to serve Parmesan, grated, to serve 1 Over a low heat, gently soften the onions, celery and garlic in a little olive oil for about 15 minutes.
  • (5) Serves 6 bacon 6 rashers butter 50g leeks 800g chicken stock 1 litre parsley a handful, roughly chopped For the croûtes olive oil 6 tbsp rosemary needles 10g bread 6 slices Dice the bacon finely.
  • (6) Serves 4 1.2kg potatoes, preferably Maris Piper or King Edward, peeled and cut into roughly 4cm chunks 1 small green savoy cabbage (about 450g), trimmed and finely shredded 75g butter, cubed 6 rindless smoked streaky bacon rashers, cut into 3cm pieces 6 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced 125ml double cream 4 large fridge-cold eggs Flaked sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 Put the potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with cold water.
  • (7) Some brave souls tackle the monstrous breakfast roll, which offers five sausages, three rashers of bacon, plus black pudding, egg and beans.
  • (8) The rasher essayists were holed up in asylums until they “recovered”: in other words, until they publicly recanted their views.
  • (9) In the original, the recipe suggested using bacon rashers 50mm thick.
  • (10) Liver and bacon Serves 1, takes 30 minutes ¼ lb liver 1 or 2 rashers bacon 1 onion 1 tomato (optional) 2 teaspoon flour Begin gently frying rashers and when they have given off some fat, add slices of liver that you have dipped in flour, and onion chopped very fine; fry quickly on each side; then lower gas and cook very slowly for about 7 minutes each side or more depending on the thickness of the slices.
  • (11) One pan, one ring: how to cook Sixties bedsit food Poor man's goulash Serves 1, takes 30 minutes 2 tomatoes or tomato paste 1 onion 1 or 2 rashers bacon 2 potatoes paprika (essential) salt sour milk, optional Start by boiling the potatoes for at least 10 minutes.
  • (12) Roast bacon and parsley sauce Serves four 16 rashers of good-quality unsmoked bacon, about 5mm thick.
  • (13) Eating two rashers of bacon a day can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by 19% and the risk goes up if a person eats more, experts have said.
  • (14) Mario Batali is a barrel-chested, thick-forearmed American-Italian chef whose love of the pig is so developed, indeed so intense, that for Christmas his kids gave him a scarf woven to look like a rasher of streaky bacon.
  • (15) Spencer called them "a symphony of rashers of bacon" with "tea-making obligato" and said they depict a banality of life which was, for those sent there from the battlefield, a "heaven in a hell of war".

Rusher


Definition:

  • (n.) One who rushes.
  • (n.) One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) New York need pass rushers and while LSU's Barkevious Mingo has greater experience, Ansah's raw skillset may appeal.
  • (2) Brown, who played nine seasons with Cleveland between 1957 and 1965 and retired as the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, revealed he hadn’t voted for Trump, but said: ‘We couldn’t have had a better meeting.” He continued: “The graciousness, the intelligence, the reception we got was fantastic.
  • (3) The name Death Valley was bestowed in 1849 by a band of lost California-bound gold rushers, one of whom did actually die while trying to cross it.
  • (4) I’m a little surprised by this pick – the Browns have greater need in the secondary than they do on the defensive line, in my opinion, but it just goes to show the premium placed on pass rushers in a pass-happy league.
  • (5) Drew Brees somehow escapes from a collapsing pocket, emerging unscathed from a mob of at least three pass rushers who had converged upon him to pitch a short pass over the middle that Marques Colston takes for 15 yards.
  • (6) But it is what it is, and I just wish you guys would see me as ‘Michael Sam the football player’, instead of ‘Michael Sam the gay football player’.” Sam’s wish was granted on a few occasions over the course of his 12-minute press conference, reporters asking whether he would be comfortable converting to play as a linebacker in the pros – “I’m a pass rusher, so if you put me in a situation to get the quarterback, I’m going to get the quarterback” – and what areas he had been focusing on in training – “everything from my 40[-yard dash] to the vertical jump” – but inevitably conversation returned most often to his announcement.
  • (7) Right now they have issues on defense, including the lack of a Von Miller , a fierce pass rusher whose absence will mean the Broncos have to blitz more, leaving them more vulnerable in the backfield.
  • (8) • ‘Dropping dead is my retirement’: the gold rushers of Williston – in pictures
  • (9) The Jags are prime candidates to trade down, but if they don't receive a good enough offer they will likely go with a pass rusher here instead – and postpone their quarterback search to rounds two or three (where, after all, Wilson was found last year).
  • (10) But he was my top pass rusher on the board, and I think he’ll do just fine – as long as the Dolphins draw up the right schemes to take advantage of his remarkable speed off the edge.
  • (11) I had the Jags taking a pass rusher – which they also desperately need – and there will be a lot of fans pulling their hair out about the quarterback situation, but there simply isn’t a QB out there worthy of this pick.
  • (12) Coming off a 10-sack season and career year, Mark Anderson was added to be the other pass rusher on the outside.

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