haggis

[ hag-is ]

/ ˈhæg ɪs /

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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.

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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

Words nearby haggis

Haggadah, haggadist, Haggai, haggard, hagged, haggis, haggle, H agglutinin, hagia, hagiarchy, Hagia Sophia, Cathedral of

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How to use haggis in a sentence

“Yeah, we keep all the evil ones in the closet,” Haggis said, for which he was reprimanded.
15 Scientology Revelations From Lawrence Wright’s ‘Going Clear’|The Daily Beast|January 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Apostate (2011)Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology.
The Web's Best Scientology Longreads|David Sessions|July 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Scots package their prized haggis in a can—a mixture of heart, liver, and lungs in the stomach of a sheep.
The Weirdest Food Trend Ever|Robert Rosenthal|July 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Haggis is still not talking about his departure from Scientology.
Inside Scientology's Big Defection|Kim Masters|November 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Hall asked his staff to inquire whether Haggis would be interested in resuming work.
Inside Scientology's Big Defection|Kim Masters|November 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Robert Burns, who has sung of the haggis and the whisky of his native land, has only made indirect mention of porridge.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
Even that national source of joy, "great chieftain of the pudding-race," the haggis, has its name from the French hachis.
A Bundle of Ballads|Various
I 'll no deny she was a bra sauncie woman, and kenned weel to make a haggis wi' an ape's head and shoulders.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II)|Charles James Lever
After an hour Bobby woke long enough to eat a generous plate of that delectable and highly nourishing Scotch dish known as haggis.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
The mess we had joined was largely Scotch, so we decided we must make a haggis, that "chieftain of the pudden race."
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for haggis

haggis

/ (ˈhæɡɪs) /

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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