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noun fadʒ mass nounNorthern Irish Bread made with potatoes, flour, and butter formed into scones. fadge is an indispensable part of the Ulster fry Example sentencesExamples - You just can't beat two farls of fadge fried with an egg.
- Add some fadge to your bacon and you have the famous ‘Ulster fry’, common throughout the North.
- He was hoping that Rory had smuggled in some soda and fadge to help celebrate further.
- He'd had fadge for breakfast and lunch.
- Fadge dough is prepared with mashed boiled potatoes and a little white flour and baked in farls on a pan or griddle.
OriginEarly 17th century: of unknown origin. noun fadʒ Australian, NZ An unpressed pack of wool containing less than a bale. 〈澳／新西兰〉零（羊）毛包 they drove to a second buyer and sold two fadges of wool Example sentencesExamples - What has more value in the marketplace — a fadge of wool or a sugar sack of possum fur?
- We held our opening wool sale of the season today, and offered an attractive catalogue of 333 bales and 122 fadges to a fair attendance of buyers.
- Stunned staff at the fuel stop heard a loud crash and saw the cab on its side, although the trailer, loaded with about 100 fadges of wool stayed upright.
- Police are investigating whether the two fadges of wool in the wrecked car were stolen.
- We manage to load three big fadges of wool onto the back of Bob's double cab.
OriginLate 16th century (originally English dialect): of unknown origin. |