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chittlings

chittlings 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 chittlings

What is chittlings the pronunciation spelling of?
Chittlings is the pronunciation spelling of chitterlings.

Words near chittlings in the dictionary

  1. chittims
  2. chitting
  3. chittis
  4. Chittledroog
  5. Chittlehampton
  6. chittlings
  7. Chittoor
  8. Chittor
  9. Chittore
  10. Chittorgarh
  11. Chittum

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