purtenance
[pur-tn-uh ns]
- the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
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Origin of purtenance
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Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
The Bible for Young PeopleAnonymous
May he be damnd in his mouth, in his breast, in his heart and purtenance, down to the very stomach!
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanLaurence Sterne
purtenance
- archaic the inner organs, viscera
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Word Origin for purtenance
C14: from Old French pertinance something that belongs; see appurtenance
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