mulligatawny

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base

Borrowed from Tamil மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr, literally “pepper water”).

Had it for fourteen years in September, and you talk to me of mulligatawny soup." — The best British short stories of 1922, Unknown
He had looked up over his first spoonful of mulligatawny à la Capron to meet the clear, undistilled, brown-eyed gaze of Peggy Whipple, who had seated herself at the captain's table. — Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China, George F. (George Frank) Worts

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