spareribs

[ spair-ribz ]

/ ˈspɛərˌrɪbz /

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

He ordered roast beef hash with a poached egg, spareribs with boiled cauliflower, and two charlotte russes.
The Salamander|Owen Johnson
The package of spareribs fell from under his arm, and he stooped to pick it up.
The Wind Before the Dawn|Dell H. Munger
The spareribs give the cabbage a very pleasing flavor and at the same time supply nourishment to the dish.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Or look around to see if any of the party or the pack was rolling down over the spareribs of that ghastly skeleton.
Tenting To-night|Mary Roberts Rinehart

The ribs inside this cut, when cut from underneath, are sold as spareribs.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences