Greven

//ɡɹivən// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cracklings from rendered chicken fat. uncountable

    "a plate of chopped liver with schmaltz and chopped onion and chopped radish and greven (cracklings from rendered chicken fat)"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"a plate of chopped liver with schmaltz and chopped onion and chopped radish and greven (cracklings from rendered chicken fat)"

Etymology

From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and gribenes (“chicken cracklings and onions”). Compare older dialectal northern (Low) German forms like greven and greeven.

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