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crubeen

/kɹəˈbiːn/

crubeen noun: an Irish food made from pigs' feet, usually boiled.

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

Forms of crubeen

pluralcrubeens

Origin of crubeen

From Irish crúibín.

Questions about crubeen

What does crubeen mean?
Crubeen means an Irish food made from pigs' feet, usually boiled.
What part of speech is crubeen?
Crubeen is a noun.
How do you pronounce crubeen?
Crubeen is pronounced /kɹəˈbiːn/.
What is the plural of crubeen?
The plural of crubeen is crubeens.

Words near crubeen in the dictionary

  1. CRTCs
  2. CRTP
  3. CRTPs
  4. CRTs
  5. cru
  6. crubeen
  7. crubeens
  8. Cruce
  9. Crucea
  10. cruces
  11. cruces gammatae

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