sourdough
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English [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sourdough (not comparable)
- Describing something made from dough that was leavened with yeast and lactobacteria that produce acids giving a sour taste.
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Noun [edit]
sourdough (plural sourdoughs)
- Dough, leavened with yeast and lactobacteria that produce acids giving a sour taste.
- (slang) An old-timer, especially in Alaska. From the distinctive pouches of bread starter worn on a belt or around the neck by experienced prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush. [1] [2]
- 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80:
- "The troops went for those fresh tomatoes like sourdoughs going for gold in the Klondike."
- 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80:
- (Yukon) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
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dough
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Antonyms [edit]
- (someone new to Alaska and Yukon): cheechako