sot-l'y-laisse
French edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “a fool leaves it there”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sot-l’y-laisse m (plural sot-l’y-laisse)
- oyster (delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl)
Further reading edit
- “sot-l'y-laisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.