chitterlings
plural noun
chit·ter·lings
ˈchit-lənz 
variants
or chitlins
: the intestines of hogs especially when prepared as food
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The menu is extensive and also offers soul food classics like oxtails, pig feet and chitterlings.
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Dallas News, 11 May 2022
Staffed only by Floyd, her husband and one of her close friends, Jewell’s traverses San Antonio and surrounding towns, purveying Southern classics such as po’boys, fried chicken, chitterlings and smothered pork chops.
—Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2022
The market gets its supply of the delicacy, otherwise known as chitterlings, from a distributor in Atlanta.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 16 Dec. 2021
Meal combos, such as chitterlings, oxtail stew or fried catfish, served with corn muffin, sides and drinks.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2021
Sampling, however, is also born of the Black vernacular tradition that gave us chitterlings, jazz and, yes, hip-hop.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
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Dallas News, 11 May 2022
Staffed only by Floyd, her husband and one of her close friends, Jewell’s traverses San Antonio and surrounding towns, purveying Southern classics such as po’boys, fried chicken, chitterlings and smothered pork chops.
—Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2022
The market gets its supply of the delicacy, otherwise known as chitterlings, from a distributor in Atlanta.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 16 Dec. 2021
Meal combos, such as chitterlings, oxtail stew or fried catfish, served with corn muffin, sides and drinks.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2021
Sampling, however, is also born of the Black vernacular tradition that gave us chitterlings, jazz and, yes, hip-hop.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
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chitterlings
plural noun
chit·ter·lings
variants
or chitlins
: the intestines of hogs especially prepared as food
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