A small slice or piece of meat, especially bacon or ham; a thin cut of meat.
From Middle English 'collope' or 'coloppe,' possibly from Old Norse 'kollr' (buttock) or from 'kola' (to cut). Used in English since medieval times for butcher cuts.
Medieval cooks served 'collopes'—thin slices of meat fried quick over high heat—and it's basically where we get modern stir-fry cooking, except they did it in heavy pans over open flames.
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