1
: stomach tissue especially of a ruminant (such as an ox) used as food
2
: something poor, worthless, or offensive
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Examples of tripe in a Sentence
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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First, the soup bases: Ben Ben is really promoting its pork tripe and chicken version, which comes default not-spicy, but there’s also an ox-tail base, a beef-rib base and a Golden Palace Fish Maw and Chicken base.
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
Usually, said Bacolod, the dish includes a variety of meats, like honeycomb tripe, beef oxtail and short ribs.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
Open in Tempe since 2019, the restaurant serves Shandong and Sichuan food with a chef's recommendation section that features items like House Specialty Spicy Pot, made with beef tripe, potatoes, spam, lotus root, celery, tofu skin, wide vermicelli, quail eggs and squid.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2024
Torrez, a San Diego resident, competed in the championship division and his recipe calls for 10 pounds of tripe and four pigs feet.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
Usually, said Bacolod, the dish includes a variety of meats, like honeycomb tripe, beef oxtail and short ribs.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
Open in Tempe since 2019, the restaurant serves Shandong and Sichuan food with a chef's recommendation section that features items like House Specialty Spicy Pot, made with beef tripe, potatoes, spam, lotus root, celery, tofu skin, wide vermicelli, quail eggs and squid.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2024
Torrez, a San Diego resident, competed in the championship division and his recipe calls for 10 pounds of tripe and four pigs feet.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
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“Tripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tripe. Accessed 2 Jul. 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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