Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural Fried pork rinds.

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  • noun A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, plural of chicharrón, fried pork rind, from Spanish, piece of pork cracklings, of imitative origin.]

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From Spanish chicharrón

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Examples

  • Got a dozen little booths set up selling tacos and tamales and these great little fried pork skins they call chicharrones.

    Think being nobody's easy? Try it with the lights out. James Lloyd Davis 2011

  • Silva, 63, grew up middle-class in Monterrey, Mexico, savoring his mother's home-cooked pork skins, called chicharrones.

    unknown title 2011

  • We had chicharrones, which is basically deepfried pork.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • They sell "chicharrones" (typical dishes containing pork with roasted potatoes, sweet corn, and salad).

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • They sell "chicharrones" (typical dishes containing pork with roasted potatoes, sweet corn, and salad).

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • They sell "chicharrones" (typical dishes containing pork with roasted potatoes, sweet corn, and salad).

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • Oyuki Marlene will sell sweets, potatoes, and "chicharrones" (fried pork rinds), etc.

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • Check with one of the valley's Mexican grocers and chances are you'll find both head cheese and pork cracklins ( "chicharrones" in Spanish) for sale.

    MailTribune.com Latest Headlines 2009

  • It is easy to spend hours here after a movie, eating fried fish, fried-chicken "chicharrones" and scallops broiled with Parmesan cheese, drinking Peruvian beer from the Inca city of Cuzco.

    LA Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

  • This is why this member wants to buy a small piece of property in the district of Saylla to be able to open her business selling "chicharrones" (a typical pork-based dish accompanied by golden potatoes, corn, and salad).

    Kiva Loans 2009

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