pink slime
Noun
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Noun
pink slime (uncountable)
- (paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper. [from 1951]
- (informal, dysphemistic) A meat byproduct produced from scraps by heating and then treating with ammonia to produce a food additive. [from 2002]
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see pink, slime Slime which is pink.
- 2001, Ian Irvine, A Shadow on the Glass:
- Water flowed down the cliff, showering on their heads; the stone under their feet was slick with pink slime.
- 2006, Norman Allen, The Besting of Humphrey Mercer, page 34:
- The pastry room was a further revelation. Six young girls in white coats and white hats were dusting white flour over small pre-formed pastry lids, which were then glued onto cups of uncooked short crust filled with pink slime.
- 2010, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Ambushed!, page 45:
- As she buried her face deep in the cool pulp, even her cheeks became slicked with pink slime. She paid no attention to Gabe, chomping away on his melon next to her. Focus was the name of the game.
- 2001, Ian Irvine, A Shadow on the Glass:
- (meat byproduct) lean finely textured beef (LFTB), boneless lean beef trimmings (BLBT)
- Russian: розовый
- Russian: розовый
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