scrapple
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scrapple
Example Sentences
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"In Philadelphia," he is reported to have said, "I met a large and interesting family named Scrapple, and discovered a rather delicious native food they call biddle."
From Time Magazine Archive
On the corner stood Policeman Mulligan, talking with old Miss Scrapple, the worst gossip in town, who always delighted in saying something disagreeable about her neighbors.
From American Fairy Tales by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Scrapple, skrap′l, v.i. to grub about.—n. a mixture of meat-scraps, herbs, &c. stewed, pressed in cakes, sliced and fried.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
So he took off the policeman's cap and brass-buttoned coat and put them on Miss Scrapple, while the lady's feathered and ribboned hat he placed jauntily upon the policeman's head.
From American Fairy Tales by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Scrapple usually means the head and feet of hogs but it can be made from any hog meat.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
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