Definition of "harslet" [hars•let]

• Variant of haslet. (noun)

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• "The flesh, excepting the harslet, is not much prized, though some sailors are fond of it, and rejoice at the capture of a porpoise, which gives them an agreeable change of diet."
• "'But,' says she, 'I do wish with all my heart you had a come last night, for we had a most a special supper -- punkin pies and doughnuts, and apple sarce, and a roast goose stuffed with indian puddin', and a pig's harslet stewed in molasses and onions, and I don't know what all, and the fore part of today folks called to finish."
• "But, says she, I do wish with all my heart you had a come last night, for we had a most a special supper -- punkin pies and dough-nuts, and apple sarce, and a roast goose stuffed with indian puddin, and a pig's harslet stewed in molasses and onions, and I don't know what all, and the fore part of to-day folks called to finish."