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chitterlings

Also 󾱳·Բ
Or 󾱳·Բ

[chit-linz, -lingz]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.



chitterlings

/ ˈtʃɪtlɪŋz, ˈtʃɪtəlɪŋz, ˈtʃɪtlɪnz /

plural noun

  1. (sometimes singular) the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chitterlings1

1250–1300; Middle English cheterling; akin to German Kutteln in same sense
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chitterlings1

C13: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Middle High German kutel
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The collages mix color and monochrome elements and playfully ignore real-world proportion and perspective; they highlight signs and book covers, from “fresh! hog jaws & chitterlings” to an edition of the Bible.

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Sampling, however, is also born of the Black vernacular tradition that gave us chitterlings, jazz and, yes, hip-hop.

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Unfortunately, she added, "there's no plant-based substitute for chitterlings."

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The freezers are stocked with flash-frozen vegetables, crawfish tails, chitterlings and rabbit — even though he doesn’t eat them.

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Pig feet, pig ears, chitterlings, hog maws — sorry, but those just aren’t the delicacies some try to make them out to be.

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