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Definition of Turtle soup
1. Noun. Soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turtle Soup
Literary usage of Turtle soup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"turtle soup BEAUTIFUL soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen ! Who for
such dainties would not stoop ? Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup ? ..."
2. The Annals of Albany by Joel Munsell (1854)
"turtle soup IN OLDEN TIMES. The following is copied from a newspaper scrap, on
which there was nothing by which to identify the title of the paper from ..."
3. Uganda's Katikiro in England: Being the Offical Account of His Visit to the by Ham Mukasa, Ernest Millar (1904)
"... CB—English straightforwardness—turtle soup—Kilindini—Mombasa fort—Lunch with Mr.
Marsden—Departure from Mombasa—Derailments on the Uganda Railway—Port ..."
4. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"turtle soup. Put on, at an early hour in the morning, eight pounds of coarse
beef, some bacon, onions, pepper, salt, and sweet herbs ; make a rich soup ..."
5. Society As I Have Found It by Ward MacAllister (1890)
"... Dowagers— Tht latter mart Appreciative of the Good Things—Interviewing the
Chef— "Uncle Sam" Ward's Plan —Mock turtle soup a Delusion and a Snare — The ..."
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