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Definition of Fritter

1. Noun. Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables.

2. Verb. Spend frivolously and unwisely. "Fritter away one's inheritance"

Definition of Fritter

1. n. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.

2. v. t. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.

Definition of Fritter

1. to squander little by little [v -ED, -ING, -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fritter

Fritillaria meleagris Fritillaria micrantha Fritillaria mutica Fritillaria parviflora Fritillaria pluriflora Fritillaria recurva fritillaries fritillary fritillary frits

Fritsch fritt frittata frittatas fritted fritter (current term) frittered fritterer fritterers frittering

fritters fritter away fritter batter fritting fritts friture fritures fritz fritzes Fritz Albert Lipmann

Literary usage of Fritter

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1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... having no interest in their Arab flock, they were content to fritter away their lives in Constantinople, useless ornaments of the Phanar. ..."

2. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"... car. dim. of -tata, -ta- tone, niiii. of lulu, -tolla, F. : fritter ; grease-spot (on clothing) ..."

3. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... RICE, fritterS Baked Macaroni—Boiled Macaroni—Macaroni with Ham—To Cook Rice—Rice Croquettes —To Make Rice Croustades—Curried Rice—Rice fritters—fritter ..."

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