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English
Pronunciation
Noun
devon (plural devons)
- (Australia, Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage.
1995, The Bulletin, numbers 5953-5959, page 23:Initial suspicions pointed at both food and water, narrowing down after a while to fritz (devon, as it is known in some states), a popular, bland, processed meat.
2008, H. G. Nelson, Sprays: A Collection of Verbal Touch-Ups, page 216:Elsewhere the Roy Slaven signature range of smallgoods – marketed with the shout-out line, ‘Roy: still doing things with meat butchers only dream of!’ − has captured the imagination of an increasingly time-poor community looking for top-shelf short cuts in cuisine solutions. When I last looked, Roy had personally signed nearly 5.9 million salamis, chorizos and devon logs this year.
2009, Helen Greenwood, John Newton, Sydney 2010: More Than 450 Butchers, Bakers, Food Stores and Chocolate Makers, unnumbered page:One of our firm favourites both for the quality and the taste of Ricky Roessler′s smallgoods – and the sheer joy of shopping here. No devon or pastrami, though, just plenty of bratwurst: […] .
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Czech
Noun
devon m inan
- Devonian (geological period)
Declension
Declension of devon (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “devon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “devon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Esperanto
Noun
devon
- accusative singular of devo
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
devon m (plural devons)
- devon
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