scrapple

[ skrap-uhl ]

nounPennsylvania Dutch Cooking.
  1. cornmeal mush mixed with pork scraps, seasoned with onions, spices, herbs, etc., and shaped into loaves and sliced for frying.

Origin of scrapple

1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; scrap1 + -le

Words Nearby scrapple

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British Dictionary definitions for scrapple

scrapple

/ (ˈskræpəl) /


noun
  1. US scraps of pork cooked with cornmeal and formed into a loaf

Origin of scrapple

1
C19: from scrap 1

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