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Philadelphia scrapple

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noun

  1. a superior variety of scrapple made with pork shoulder and other cuts of pork rather than with pork scraps.

Etymology

Origin of Philadelphia scrapple

First recorded in 1810–20

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By last week Pennsylvania's Democrats were in a mess as involved as the composition of Philadelphia scrapple.

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