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(with "the") A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire. quotations examples
The House of More has a pretty Georgian paneling through most of the rooms, but in the dining room the walls are level and painted a dull stone color. […] Some photographs of the Quorn hung over the mantelpiece, and five or six drab ancestors filled up the remaining space.
1902, John Buchan, The Watcher by the Threshold
I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins
A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616). examples
A town in South Australia. examples
A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat. quotations examples
It is now easier for a vegetarian to eat sufficient protein because of products such as Quorn, tofu and textured vegetable protein.
2004, J. L. Clarke, Mary Dougherty Riley, Veronica Dougherty, OCR National Certificate in Health and Social Care: Level 2, page 384
April brings the main course: a medley of asparagus tips, shiitake mushrooms, and the featured ingredient, an unlikely hybrid of life-giving wholesomeness and bio-industrial hubris known as Quorn.
2006 October 20, Julian Dibbell, “The Ultra-Extreme Calorie Restriction Diet Test”, in New York Magazine
For a vegetarian option, use Quorn pieces instead of prawns.
2011, Rosemary Conley, Rosemary Conley's Amazing Inch Loss Plan, page 257
I opted for the vegan breakfast (£4.57), which comes with two Quorn sausages, baked beans, two hash browns, mushroom, tomato, a slice of toast and a vegan spread.
2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star