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sauce

/sɔs/ noun A2
  1. A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. (countable, uncountable) · apple sauce; mint sauce
  2. Alcohol, booze. (countable, slang, uncountable) · Maybe you should lay off the sauce.
  3. Vitality; capability or talent. (countable, slang, uncountable) · It's over for that guy. He lost the sauce.
  4. Anabolic steroids. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump. (countable, uncountable)
  6. Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass. (countable, dated, uncountable)

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Danglars felt his own not to be very well supplied just then, and gradually the man appeared less ugly, the bread less black, and the cheese more fresh, while those dreadful vulgar onions recalled to his mind certain sauces and side-dishes, which his cook prepared in a very superior manner whenever he said, “Monsieur Deniseau, let me have a nice little fricassee today.” He got up and knocked on the door; the bandit raised his head.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1077 · C1

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