Chitterlings

//ˈt͡ʃɪt.ɚ.lɪŋz// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws. plural, plural-only

    "How fare I? troth for ſixpence a meale, wench, as well as heart can wiſh, with Calves chaldrons and chitterlings […]"

  2. 2
    plural of chitterling form-of, plural
  3. 3
    small intestines of hogs prepared as food wordnet

Synonyms

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chitlingschitlinsbaconbuttchitlingschitlins

Example

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"How fare I? troth for ſixpence a meale, wench, as well as heart can wiſh, with Calves chaldrons and chitterlings […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English cheterlingis, chitterling, chitterlynge, chytyrlynge, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūtiz, *kut-, from Proto-Indo-European *gud-, *gewd- (“intestine, gut”), from *gʷu-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, bow, camber, vault, distend”). Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kutteln (“tripe”) and Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”). Compare also Icelandic kviður (“stomach”).

Etymology 2

From chitterling + -s.

Related phrases

hog maws

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