tripe-de-roche
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tripe-de-roche
1800–10; < French: rock tripe
Example Sentences
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Sometimes he luxuriates on deer, partridges, and fat beaver; whilst at others he is obliged to live almost entirely on fish, and not unfrequently on tripe-de-roche.
From Hudson Bay by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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