noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig.
2. 2
   The bones, particularly the spine, of a pig. rare

Etymology

Considered by some dictionaries to derive from grice + -kin. Compare Irish gríscín.

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