tripe

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I hate hearing my niece, self-raised in American tripe, ask "Are we going to see a movie?".

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  1. noun The rubbery lining of the stomach of cattle or other ruminants, used as food.
  2. noun Informal Something of no value; rubbish.

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  • But meeting you in daylight on the street—oh, boy Well," Murray sighed, "that tripe is all through with now. —  Wonder Story Annual - 1950
  • Liberals love this unbalanced tripe, as well they should, after all they are partisan democrats. —  Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories
  • I hate hearing my niece, self-raised in American tripe, ask "Are we going to see a movie?". —  Cubed3.com News
  • None of them fell for that 'bi-partisan' tripe, which is Democrat code for 'do it our way.' —  Home | Mail Online
  • When you have procured any given quantity of tripe, cut it up in pieces the size of two inches square, put these into a saucepan containing skim milk, or milk and water, enough to swim the tripe; add some peeled onions, pepper, and salt, and a sprig of thyme, and boil gently for at least an hour; and when the tripe is done, eat it with mustard and some well boiled potatoes No. —  A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
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  1. Middle English, from Old French tripes, intestines, tripe.

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  1. from Middle English tripe, trype =Middle Dutch trijp, tripe, from Old French tripe, French tripe =Spanish Portuguese tripa =Italian trippa, entrails, belly, tripe; cf. Irish triopas, plural, tripes, entrails, Welsh tripa, entrails; Breton stripen, tripe, plural stripennou, stripou, entrails.
 

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