slaughter in the pan n.
1. steak.
![]() | ‘Dict. of Diningroom Sl.’ in Brooklyn Daily Eagle 3 July 13: ‘One slaughter on the pan,’ is a porter house steak. | |
![]() | Virginian 150: ‘And beefsteak, rare.’ ‘One slaughter in the pan, and let the blood drip!’. | |
![]() | (con. 1940s–60s) Straight from the Fridge Dad. |
2. scrambled eggs.
![]() | Dly Missoulian (MT) 18 May 4/3: If the old lady [...] expressed a desire for scrambled eggs the ‘slaughter in the pan’ of the waiter might have aroused her apprehensions. |