devon

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛvən/
• Rhymes: -ɛvən

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: […] .

• fritz

• doven

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛvon]

devon m inan

1. Devonian (geological period)

• “devon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “devon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

devon

1. accusative singular of devo

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• IPA^(key): /də.vɔ̃/

devon m (plural devons)

1. devon

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