haggis
[hag-is]
- a traditional pudding made of the heart, liver, etc., of a sheep or calf, minced with suet and oatmeal, seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the animal.
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Origin of haggis
1375–1425; late Middle English hageys < Anglo-French *hageis, equivalent to hag- (root of haguer to chop, hash < Middle Dutch hacken to hack1) + -eis noun suffix used in cookery terms
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Contemporary Examples
“Yeah, we keep all the evil ones in the closet,” Haggis said, for which he was reprimanded.
Haggis is still not talking about his departure from Scientology.
Hall asked his staff to inquire whether Haggis would be interested in resuming work.
Headley says his instructions were not to pursue Haggis as a writer.
The money gave Haggis some breathing room as he pursued his career.
Historical Examples
It was the same course that had been taken by Mackintosh and Haggis earlier in the day.
The Fiery TotemArgyll Saxby
Haggis and I came upon it this morning a hundred yards from Silver Lake.
The Fiery TotemArgyll Saxby
If you'll unpack the mare and tether her, Haggis, we can see aboot the fire and the meat.
The Fiery TotemArgyll Saxby
Haggis'll maybe pick up tracks there that'll be o' use to us.
The Fiery TotemArgyll Saxby
I don't care if you are as Scotch as a haggis, I know in advance what your feelings will be.
Cobb's Bill-of-FareIrvin Shrewsbury Cobb
haggis
- a Scottish dish made from sheep's or calf's offal, oatmeal, suet, and seasonings boiled in a skin made from the animal's stomach
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Word Origin
C15: perhaps from haggen to hack 1
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Word Origin and History for haggis
n.
dish of chopped entrails, c.1400, now chiefly Scottish, but it was common throughout Middle English, perhaps from Old French agace "magpie," on analogy of the odds and ends the bird collects. The other theory [Klein, Watkins] traces it to Old English haggen "to chop" (see hack (v.1)).
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