devon

See also: Devon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛvən/
• Rhymes: -ɛvən

Noun

devon (plural devons)

1. (Australia, Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage.
   • 1995, The Bulletin, numbers 5953-5959, page 23:

     Initial suspicions pointed at both food and water, narrowing down after a while to fritz (devon, as it is known in some states), a popular, bland, processed meat.

   • 2008, H. G. Nelson, Sprays: A Collection of Verbal Touch-Ups, page 216:

     Elsewhere the Roy Slaven signature range of smallgoods – marketed with the shout-out line, ‘Roy: still doing things with meat butchers only dream of!’ − has captured the imagination of an increasingly time-poor community looking for top-shelf short cuts in cuisine solutions. When I last looked, Roy had personally signed nearly 5.9 million salamis, chorizos and devon logs this year.

   • 2009, Helen Greenwood, John Newton, Sydney 2010: More Than 450 Butchers, Bakers, Food Stores and Chocolate Makers, unnumbered page:

     One of our firm favourites both for the quality and the taste of Ricky Roessler′s smallgoods – and the sheer joy of shopping here. No devon or pastrami, though, just plenty of bratwurst: […] .

Synonyms

• fritz

Anagrams

• doven

Czech

Noun

devon m inan

1. Devonian (geological period)

Declension

Declension of devon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	devon	devony
genitive	devonu	devonů
dative	devonu	devonům
accusative	devon	devony
vocative	devone	devony
locative	devonu	devonech
instrumental	devonem	devony

Further reading

• devon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• devon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Noun

devon

1. accusative singular of devo

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.vɔ̃/

Noun

devon m (plural devons)

1. devon

Further reading

• “devon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.