slaw

noun

Examples of slaw in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Its menu includes hot chicken tenders served on brioche buns with pickles, slaw, house sauce and fries. Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024 The Virginia Tidewater-style restaurant’s Uncle Gene’s Fish Sandwich is made with a daily catch, topped with Jimmy Sauce, hot sauce and field pea slaw. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024 The menu will feature more food that is smoked on the grill and finished with cole slaw. Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2024 All dinners come with slaw, fries and a homemade roll. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024 The former is served with a tangy tabasco-lime sauce brightened with citrus cilantro slaw, the latter with crispy shrimp, spicy chipotle lime crema, creamy guacamole, crisp red cabbage and pickled Fresno chilies. The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024 Top with slaw or pickles for more flavor and crunch. Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024 Ells explains that the chicken is wheat-and-soy based and sits on a toasted brioche bun, comes with classic slaw, pickles, and with all due respect to his former restaurant, chipotle. Gary Stern, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 Blood oranges add juicy, bright flavor and make the slaw impossible to pass up. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of slaw was in 1861

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“Slaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaw. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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