haslet

[ has-lit, heys-, heyz- ]

/ ˈhæs lɪt, ˈheɪs-, ˈheɪz- /

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noun Chiefly Southern U.S.

the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.

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Also harslet.

Origin of haslet

1300–50; Middle English hastelet<Middle French: roasted meat, diminutive (see -let) of haste spit, piece of spitroasted meat <Germanic; compare Old English hearstepanne frying pan, hierstan to roast, fry, Dutch harst sirloin; see hearth

Words nearby haslet

Hasidean, Hasidic, Hasidim, Hasidism, Haskalah, haslet, Hasmonean, hasn't, hasp, Hassall's concentric corpuscle, Hassam

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How to use haslet in a sentence

He repaired to Princeton soon after the brave Haslet and Mercer fell, fighting for the cause of justice and freedom.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution|L. Carroll Judson
Mr. John Haslet and Mr. William Clark, and a number of others.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various
That Smallwood's and Haslet's regiments crossed on the 26th, we have from Smallwood himself.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn|Henry P. Johnston
Take the head, split it open and take out the brains; then put the head, brains, and haslet in salt water—let them soak one hour.
Housekeeping in Old Virginia|Marion Cabell Tyree

There was not a hog killed within three parishes of him whereof he had not some part of the haslet and puddings.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais

British Dictionary definitions for haslet

haslet

harslet

/ (ˈhæzlɪt) /

noun

a loaf of cooked minced pig's offal, eaten cold

Word Origin for haslet

C14: from Old French hastelet piece of spit roasted meat, from haste spit, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German harsta frying pan

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