haggis

[ hag-is ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.

1. 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.

haggis

/ ˈhæɡɪs /

noun

1. 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 History and Origins

Origin of haggis¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English hageys, from unattested Anglo-French hageis, equivalent to hag- (root of haguer “to chop, hash,” from Middle Dutch hacken “to hack ¹ ) ” + -eis noun suffix used in cooking terms

Word History and Origins

Origin of haggis¹

C15: perhaps from haggen to hack ¹

Example Sentences

“Yeah, we keep all the evil ones in the closet,” Haggis said, for which he was reprimanded.

From The Daily Beast

The Apostate (2011)Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology.

From The Daily Beast

The Scots package their prized haggis in a can—a mixture of heart, liver, and lungs in the stomach of a sheep.

From The Daily Beast

Haggis is still not talking about his departure from Scientology.

From The Daily Beast

Hall asked his staff to inquire whether Haggis would be interested in resuming work.

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Robert Burns, who has sung of the haggis and the whisky of his native land, has only made indirect mention of porridge.

From Project Gutenberg

Even that national source of joy, "great chieftain of the pudding-race," the haggis, has its name from the French hachis.

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I 'll no deny she was a bra sauncie woman, and kenned weel to make a haggis wi' an ape's head and shoulders.

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After an hour Bobby woke long enough to eat a generous plate of that delectable and highly nourishing Scotch dish known as haggis.

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The mess we had joined was largely Scotch, so we decided we must make a haggis, that "chieftain of the pudden race."

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