rissole

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat

From French rissole. Australian slang noun, from phonetic similarity; Australian slang verb, euphemistic for arsehole (verb).

The rissoles served at lunch had too much onion in them--so it seemed to Volodya. — The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Then occasionally, but very seldom, the earl's thin, clear, high-bred voice would be heard, and once he looked across at Stella herself, and said: "Will you not try some of those rissoles, Miss Etheridge? — Only a girl's love, Charles Garvice

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