goulash
(ˈguːlɑːʃ, -læʃ)
Also goulasch, gulyas, etc.
[Hung. gulyás(h{uacu}s), f. gulyás herdsman + h{uacu}s meat.]
1. A stew or ragout of meat and vegetables highly seasoned. Often called Hungarian ragout.
| 1866 Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 11 Sept. in R. Fulford Your Dear Letter (1971) 97, I have all their favourite dishes cooked..for them—goulash for the Hungarians, and polenta and macaroni for the Italians. 1900 F. B. & W. H. Workman Ice World Himálaya 193 Irish stews and goulasches, composed of animal odds and ends. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 Sept. 5/1 The national Hungarian dishes of Gulyas, or ragout, and Paprikahuhn. 1915 Wodehouse Something Fresh viii, In his hour of affliction it soothed him to read of Hungarian Goulash and Escalloped Brains. 1929 E. Linklater Poet's Pub i, Sucking-pig, celery, and goulasch. 1958 W. Bickel tr. Hering's Dict. Cookery 426 Goulash, a brown beef stew of Hungarian origin, prepared with beef, veal, lamb or pork or a mixture of all with plenty of sliced onions, paprika and other ingredients. 1963 R. Carrier Great Dishes of World 160/1 Hungarian veal gulyas. |
2. Contract Bridge. A re-deal of unshuffled cards after the hands have been thrown in without bidding.
| 1927 in E. V. Shepard Correct Contract Bridge (1930) 245 When all four players pass, no bid having been made, and the players desire to play a Goulash, the cards shall be redealt by the same dealer... No shuffling of any kind permitted. 1930 Ibid. 129 Each player arranges all the cards of a suit in sequence before a goulash deal. 1930 M. Kerwin How to bid at Contract Bridge xv. 47 In goulashes lies the greatest gambling element of Contract. 1959 Reese & Dormer Bridge Players' Dict. 108 For a goulash hand the cards..are dealt in a manner likely to produce freakish distribution. 1964 Official Encycl. Bridge 222/1 Goulash, a deal in which the cards are not shuffled, and are dealt five to each player for two circuits, and finally three to each player. |