caliper
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Callipash and callipee are written in his face: he rolls about his unwieldy bulk in a sea of turtle-soup.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William
The Curfew tolls the knell of those whose day Is done—those greedy "creatures on our lee"— Woe to the burly phalanx so au fait At hiding callipash and callipee.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
His Lordship, for instance, perhaps I see Is getting on slow with his callipee; And a slight squeeze of lemon I then suggest, With a dash of cayenne to impart a zest.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Take the callipee, and cut off the meat which adheres to it in four quarters, laying it on a clean dish.
From A Poetical Cook-Book by Moss, Maria J.
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