boudin
noun
a blood sausage boudin noir or sometimes a white sausage boudin blanc, made of chicken, pork, or veal.
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boudin
American
[boo-dan]
/ buˈdɛ̃ /
noun
French Cooking.
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boudins
plural
Boudin
1
British
/ budɛ̃ /
noun
boudin
2
British
/ budɛ̃ /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of boudin
1795–1805, < Louisiana French, French: sausage; Old French, of obscure origin
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Laughter and smoke from boudin and BBQ chicken drifted out across the bayou.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
During the festival, food available on site includes crawfish bread, pecan catfish meuniere and catfish almondine, cochon de lait and turducken po-boys, boudin, crawfish étouffée, jambalaya, crawfish Monica and shrimp and grits.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
So Wynne's semi-final sausage brought back memories of his family travelling to Brussels at Christmas time and having boudin blanc.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
There's a dish called boudin — which we, initially, for the longest time thought was called "boo-din."
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023
I regret to say that travellers have treated this national relish disrespectfully, as continentals do our "plomb- boudin:" Mr. W. Winwood Reade has chaffed it, and another Briton has compared it with "greaves."
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
They settled in Hyde Park, Chicago, where they also raised Chesa Boudin, the son of comrades who were serving long prison terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
According to the gallery, Riley's inspiration for the exhibition title came from a letter from Claude Monet to fellow French painter Eugène Boudin.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
A recent study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the University of California, Berkeley, found that Krasner and Bragg are more well known than Gascon, Schmidt, or Boudin.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2025
“It’s crazy to expect that someone new to office … would be able to achieve something voters want in two years,” Boudin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
“I’m afraid it’s not as simple as that,” Boudin explained.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Originally, boudins were certain of the intestines of the buffalo.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the buffalo became extinct in the East, it was found that the boudins of hogs were equally good.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter, tough as he was, furnished us an excellent supper from his tongue, hump-ribs, boudins, and marrow bones, and we all lay down to sleep and dream of the sports of to-morrow.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
The dark meat may be cooked at once and utilized for boudins, croquettes, salad, cecils, creamed hash, or served on toast with sauce Bordelaise, or used in chafing dish next day.
From Made-Over Dishes by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer
They tear off the white fat, and stuff the boudins.
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
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