bread sauce noun a milk sauce thickened with breadcrumbs and served with roast poultry, esp chicken Liberaldictionary.com
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The woman, looking alarmedly at her, murmured the word “bread-sauce?”
Mary E. Mann
He won’t talk about bread-sauce—billiards—and the money market.
A. A. Milne
One doesn’t need to be very romantic not to want to talk about bread-sauce.
A. A. Milne
And so don’t forget to tell cook about the bread-sauce, will you, dear?
A. A. Milne
By the way, you won’t forget what I said about the bread-sauce, will you?
A. A. Milne