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giblets

[ jib-lits ]
/ ˈdʒɪb lɪts /
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plural noun
the heart, liver, gizzard, and the like, of a fowl, often cooked separately.
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Origin of giblets

1275–1325; Middle English <Old French gibelet a stew of game; compare French gibelotte rabbit stew
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Words related to giblets

brains, chitlins, chitterlings, gizzard, heart, kidneys, liver, marrow, mountain oyster, pancreas, prairie oyster, stomach, sweetbread, thymus, tongue, tripe

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British Dictionary definitions for giblets

giblets
/ (ˈdʒɪblɪts) /
pl n
(sometimes singular) the gizzard, liver, heart, and neck of a fowl

Word Origin for giblets

C14: from Old French gibelet stew of game birds, probably from gibier game, of Germanic origin
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