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gribenes

/ˈɡɹɪbənəs/

gribenes noun: a snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions.

gribenes: a snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with...
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Noun

gribenes (uncountable)

  1. A snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions.
    • Oy, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a mohel. It's so chewy.1993, Randi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon, Mrs. Doubtfire, spoken by Daniel (Robin Williams)
    • But the only gribenes I ate growing up came from my grandmother’s South Beach kitchen.2008 February 20, “Letters”, in New York Times

Origin of gribenes

Borrowed from Yiddish גריבענעס (gribenes), from Middle High German griebe (“piece of fat, crackling”). Compare modern German Griebe.

Questions about gribenes

What does gribenes mean?
Gribenes means a snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions.
What part of speech is gribenes?
Gribenes is a noun.
How do you pronounce gribenes?
Gribenes is pronounced /ˈɡɹɪbənəs/.

Words near gribenes in the dictionary

  1. Gribbin
  2. Gribbins
  3. gribble
  4. gribbles
  5. Gribbon
  6. gribenes
  7. Gribetz
  8. gribiche
  9. grice
  10. Gricean
  11. Gricean maxims

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