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croobeen

croobeen is the alternative form of crubeen.

Meaning of crubeen

Noun

crubeen (plural crubeens)

  1. An Irish food made from pigs' feet, usually boiled.
    • In each hand he holds a parcel, one containing a lukewarm pig's crubeen, the other a cold sheep's trotter, sprinkled with wholepepper.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Questions about croobeen

What is croobeen the alternative form of?
Croobeen is the alternative form of crubeen.

Words near croobeen in the dictionary

  1. cronyisms
  2. cronyist
  3. cronyistic
  4. cronyists
  5. cronynomics
  6. croobeen
  7. Crooble
  8. croodle
  9. croodled
  10. croodles
  11. croodling

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