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sawcer — sawce, sawcer etc.: see sauce, saucer n., etc … Useful english dictionary
hunger is the best sauce — Cf. CICERO De Finibus II. xxviii. cibi condimentum essefamem, hunger is the spice of food; early 15th cent. Fr. n’est sauce qui vaille fain, there is no sauce worth so much as hunger. 1530 A. BARCLAY Eclogues (EETS) II. 743 Make hunger thy sause… … Proverbs new dictionary
what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander — What is suitable for a woman is suitable for a man. The proverb is also occasionally used in non sexist contexts. 1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 98 That that’s good sawce for a goose, is good for a gander... This is a woman’s Proverb. 1692 R.… … Proverbs new dictionary
