chitterlings
pronunciation
How to pronounce chitterlings in British English:
UK [ˈtʃɪtəlɪŋz]
How to pronounce chitterlings in American English:
US [ˈtʃɪtərlɪŋz]
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- Noun:
- small intestines of hogs prepared as food
Word Origin
- chitterlings (n.)
- late 13c., cheterlingis "entrails, souse" (early 13c. in surnames), origins obscure, but probably from an unrecorded Old English word having something to do with entrails (related to Old English cwið "womb;" compare German Kutteln "guts, bowels, tripe, chitterlings," Gothic qiþus "womb"). Variants chitlins (1842) and chitlings (1880) both also had a sense of "shreds, tatters." "While I was in this way rollin' in clover, by picturin' what was to be, they wur tarin' my character all to chitlins up at home." [John S. Robb, "Streaks of Squatter Life," Philadelphia, 1843]
Example
- 1. It meant fresh pork for the white folks and chitterlings for the negroes when cold weather and hog-killing time should arrive , and it meant food for the winter for all .