1
: stomach tissue especially of a ruminant (such as an ox) used as food
2
: something poor, worthless, or offensive
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That's just a load of tripe.
it's shocking that an esteemed newspaper like this one would publish such tripe
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Raw tripe is untreated and may be more likely to have cross-contamination.
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Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
The new culinary wave began about 10 years ago, going beyond bouillabaisse and pieds paquets (stewed lamb’s feet and tripe).
—Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
Felicity Blunt’s odd way of making potatoes and the time Meryl Streep dug into a plate of tripe sausage that apparently looked a lot like a horse phallus.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 July 2024
Rodricks brings up the overused tripe about our immigration system being broken.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
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Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
The new culinary wave began about 10 years ago, going beyond bouillabaisse and pieds paquets (stewed lamb’s feet and tripe).
—Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
Felicity Blunt’s odd way of making potatoes and the time Meryl Streep dug into a plate of tripe sausage that apparently looked a lot like a horse phallus.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 July 2024
Rodricks brings up the overused tripe about our immigration system being broken.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
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“Tripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tripe. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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tripe
noun1
: stomach tissue of a cud-chewing animal (as a cow) used as food
2
: something poor, worthless, or ridiculous
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