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strog

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See also: Stróg and STROG

English

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Noun

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strog

  1. Clipping of stroganoff.
    • 2004, Robert Newton, Saturday Morning Mozart and Burnt Toast, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 142:
      "I'm keen for a bit of Beef Strog before I do anything , though.”
    • 2014, Caroline Anderson, The Baby From Nowhere, Harlequin, →ISBN:
      She shook her head. 'No, it's all done. The nice thing about beef strog is it's good and quick. I just put the rice on five minutes ago, so your timing's perfect.' He tugged his forelock. 'Just obeying orders, ma'am.'
    • 2018, Rebecca Moesta, A Christmas to Remember: Based on a Hallmark Channel original movie, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      "I'll take the strog." He picked up a fork, ate a bite of stroganoff straight out of the pot, and chewed contemplatively.
    • 2020, Lindsey Bareham, Simon Hopkinson, The Prawn Cocktail Years, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
      Most people think that Beef Stroganoff is as Russian as blinis and beluga, but the dish's name might just as well have been picked out of a Cossack's furry hat. [] In the restaurant trade, fillet 'tails' were freely available from butchers, particularly around the time that Strog was the dish of the day.
    • 2021, Mel Hoffman, Full Credit to the Boys: A cliché-free tale of marrying into Footy, Affirm Press, →ISBN:
      I'd make beef stroganoff for dinner. Yes, beef stroganoff. Prior to each and every single home game. As far as strog-statistics go, I'm now sitting at about 160 stroganoffs.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian строгий (strogij), from Proto-Slavic *strogъ.

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Adjective

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strȍg (Cyrillic spelling стро̏г, definite strȍgī, comparative strȍžī)

  1. strict, severe
  2. harsh

Declension

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Further reading

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  • strog”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian строгий (strogij), possibly via Serbo-Croatian strog, from Proto-Slavic *strogъ.

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Adjective

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strọ̑g (comparative strọ̑žji, superlative nȁjstrọ̑žji)

  1. strict, severe

Further reading

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  • strog”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • strog”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references