haggis

[hag-is]

noun Chiefly Scot.

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.

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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Examples from the Web for haggis

Contemporary Examples of haggis

“Yeah, we keep all the evil ones in the closet,” Haggis said, for which he was reprimanded.
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The Daily Beast
January 16, 2013
Haggis is still not talking about his departure from Scientology.
Inside Scientology's Big Defection
Kim Masters
November 4, 2009
Hall asked his staff to inquire whether Haggis would be interested in resuming work.
Inside Scientology's Big Defection
Kim Masters
November 4, 2009
Headley says his instructions were not to pursue Haggis as a writer.
Inside Scientology's Big Defection
Kim Masters
November 4, 2009
The money gave Haggis some breathing room as he pursued his career.
Inside Scientology's Big Defection
Kim Masters
November 4, 2009

Historical Examples of haggis

It was the same course that had been taken by Mackintosh and Haggis earlier in the day.
The Fiery Totem
Argyll Saxby
Haggis and I came upon it this morning a hundred yards from Silver Lake.
The Fiery Totem
Argyll Saxby
If you'll unpack the mare and tether her, Haggis, we can see aboot the fire and the meat.
The Fiery Totem
Argyll Saxby
Haggis'll maybe pick up tracks there that'll be o' use to us.
The Fiery Totem
Argyll 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-Fare
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for haggis

haggis

noun

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

Word Origin for haggis

C15: perhaps from haggen to hack 1

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Word Origin and History for haggis

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)).