chitterlings
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chit·ter·lings
also chit·lins or chit·lings (chĭt′lĭnz)pl.n.
The small intestines of pigs, especially when cooked and eaten as food.
[From Middle English chiterling, probably diminutive of Old English *cieter, intestines.]
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chitterlings
(ˈtʃɪtəlɪŋz) ,chitlins
orchitlings
pl n
(Cookery) (sometimes singular) the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish. Also called: chitlin
[C13: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Middle High German kutel]
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chit•ter•lings
orchit•lings
(ˈtʃɪt lɪnz, -lɪŋz)n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
the small intestine of swine, esp. when prepared as food.
[1250–1300; Middle English cheterling; akin to German Kutteln in same sense]
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Chitlins
Fried hog intestines.
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Noun | 1. | chitterlings - small intestines of hogs prepared as food organs, variety meat - edible viscera of a butchered animal |
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