chitlings

[chit-linz, -lingz]

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noun

chitterlings.

Also chit·lins

[chit-linz] /ˈtʃɪt lɪnz/.

chitterlings

or chit·lings

[chit-linz, -lingz]

noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

the small intestine of swine, especially when prepared as food.

Also chit·lins

[chit-linz] /ˈtʃɪt lɪnz/.

Origin of chitterlings

1250–1300; Middle English cheterling; akin to German Kutteln in same sense

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Related Words for chitlins

heart, marrow, stomach, tongue, tripe, brains, chitterlings, giblets, gizzard, kidneys, liver, pancreas, sweetbread, testis, thymus

Examples from the Web for chitlins

Historical Examples of chitlins

Dryin' up de fat for lard, trimmin' an' saltin' de meat an' chitlins.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
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British Dictionary definitions for chitlins

chitterlings

chitlins (ˈtʃɪtlɪnz) or chitlings (ˈtʃɪtlɪŋz)

pl n

(sometimes singular) the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish

Word Origin for chitterlings

C13: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Middle High German kutel

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Word Origin and History for chitlins

chitterlings

late 13c., cheterlingis "entrails, souse" (early 13c. in surnames), origins obscure, but probably from an unrecorded Old English word having something to do with entrails (related to Old English cwið "womb;" cf. German Kutteln "guts, bowels, tripe, chitterlings," Gothic qiþus "womb"). Variants chitlins (1842) and chitlings (1880) both also had a sense of "shreds, tatters."

"While I was in this way rollin' in clover, by picturin' what was to be, they wur tarin' my character all to chitlins up at home." [John S. Robb, "Streaks of Squatter Life," Philadelphia, 1843]