Sav vs Su - What's the difference?
sav | su |
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
* 1982 , , NZ, Predicament , The Dunmore Press,
* 2007 , Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice , William Heinemann, UK,
* 2008 , Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia , Crimson Publishing, UK,
and of its variant forms.
* 1950 , The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe , Fontana Lions (1980), ISBN 0-00-671663-6, page 54:
of Chinese origin (see: , simplified).
As a noun sav
is a saveloy.As an adjective sav
is a shorter form of savage|lang=en (unpleasant or unfair).As a proper noun Su is
{{given name|female|diminutive=Susan}} and of its variant forms.As an initialism SU is
state University.sav
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of saveloy.Noun
(en noun)page 68,
- “Well, I don?t know what you?ll think. I?m only saying this to show what you?ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs .”
- There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys .”
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- ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I?ll have savs , faggots and pease pudding.’
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- The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offerbattered savs /Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.
Synonyms
* (saveloy) saveloy * (type of sausage) frank, frankfurt, frankfurter, hot dog, sausageDerived terms
* battered sav * cocktail sav * fair suck of the savEtymology 2
Shortening of savage.See also
* cab savAnagrams
* * ----su
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan; "it isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe." "I never thought of that, Su ," said Peter.