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ribspares

ribspares is the plural of ribspare.

Meaning of ribspare

Noun

ribspare (plural ribspares)

  1. (rare, modern uses dialectal) Sparerib.
    • Some twenty years ago—'tis true, / Isaacs, a poor pedestrian Jew, / By wishful inclination prest, / A ribspare stole, already drest; […]1791, Edward Nairne, “The Jews Partners and the Stolen Pork. A Tale.”, in Poems, Miscellaneous and Humorous, with Explanatory Notes and Observations, Canterbury: Printed by Simmons and Kirkby, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    sparerib

Questions about ribspares

What is ribspares the plural of?
Ribspares is the plural of ribspare.

Words near ribspares in the dictionary

  1. ribroasters
  2. ribroasting
  3. ribroasts
  4. ribs
  5. ribspare
  6. ribspares
  7. ribsteak
  8. ribsteaks
  9. Ribston
  10. Ribston pippin
  11. Ribston pippins

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