spareribs

[ spair-ribz ]

/ ˈspɛərˌrɪbz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.

a dish of this meat, usually baked, roasted, or barbecued with a pungent sauce.

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Origin of spareribs

1590–1600; transposed variant of earlier ribspare<Middle Low German ribbespēr rib cut; compare obsolete spare a cut, slice

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We met on the third floor of a shabby building in Asadabad in an impossibly spare room that we dragged cushions into.
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There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.
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He threw himself on his knees, begging us, in the name of God and all the saints, to spare his life.
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He was ready to drop when he reached it, and his heart beat like a hammer against his ribs.
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You may rest assured that I will spare no time or attention to promote the performance of this engine.
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