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chitterling
CIDE DICTIONARY
chitterling, n.
The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. Gascoigne. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chitterling, n. (usu. in pl.) the smaller intestines of pigs etc., esp. as cooked for food.
Etymology
ME: orig. uncert.
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