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chitlings

chitlings is the pronunciation spelling of chitterlings.

Meaning of chitterlings

Noun

chitterlings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.
    • How fare I? troth for ſixpence a meale, wench, as well as heart can wiſh, with Calves chaldrons and chitterlings […]1604, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, “The Honest Whore, […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume II, London: John Pearson […], published 1873, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 40
    Synonyms:
    chitlins, chitlings

Questions about chitlings

What is chitlings the pronunciation spelling of?
Chitlings is the pronunciation spelling of chitterlings.

Words near chitlings in the dictionary

  1. chitinozoans
  2. chitins
  3. chitlin
  4. Chitlin' Circuit
  5. chitling
  6. chitlings
  7. chitlins
  8. chitmahal
  9. chitmahals
  10. chitmunk
  11. chitmunks

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