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
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
Just as I would not attempt to replicate pit barbecue in my New York kitchen, I did not think it would be easy to cook a credible version of Cantonese spareribs at home.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2018
Madame Hoo, a quicker student than the dressmaker, had learned more words: partner, money, house, tree, road, pots, pans, okay, football, good, rain, spareribs.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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