houtsnip
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch houtsneppe. Equivalent to hout (“wood”) + snip (“woodcock, snipe”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]houtsnip f (plural houtsnippen, diminutive houtsnipje n)
- Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
- (informal) a sandwich consisting of a slice of white bread with a slice of (ripened) cheese and a slice of rye bread, sometimes topped with another slice of white bread [from late 19th c.]
- 1899 September 20, “De Expres-Bar te Amsterdam”, in Hoornsche Courant, volume 48, number 5196, page 2:
- […] en gij krijgt een keurig mandje met een half biefstukje met gebakken aardappelen, zoo goed als de „Poort” het maar geven kan, een sneedje brood met kaas en roggebrood (in de wandeling „halve houtsnip” genaamd) en een mandfleschje wijn.
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Further reading
[edit]- houtsnip on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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