spareribs
Americannoun
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a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.
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a dish of this meat, usually baked, roasted, or barbecued with a pungent sauce.
Etymology
Origin of spareribs
1590–1600; transposed variant of earlier ribspare < Middle Low German ribbespēr rib cut; compare obsolete spare a cut, slice
Example Sentences
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But it was Meat Rats — and several instances of selling misbranded chicken gizzards, pork spareribs and other meat — that put an end to Ya Feng, which ceased operations at the end of 2022.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
St. Louis-style ribs are spareribs with their rib tips removed, so you can use them interchangeably with baby backs in this recipe with no adjustments needed.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Popular add-ins include boiled and sliced chicken, braised duck, Chinese sausage, spareribs, mushrooms and other vegetables.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2021
“It was Americanized Thai. My dad’s version of Thai barbecue spareribs was really just barbecue sauce blended with pineapple.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2018
That year they had spareribs and chitlins and pan scrapple.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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