SCRAPPLE

scrapple

(noun) scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

scrapple (plural scrapples)

A tool for scraping.

Verb

scrapple (third-person singular simple present scrapples, present participle scrappling, simple past and past participle scrappled)

To scrape or grub around.

Etymology 2

Noun

scrapple (uncountable)

(US, Appalachia, Blue Ridge) A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered gelatinous broth from cooking jells the mixture into a loaf.

Coordinate terms

(food)

• cretons

• goetta

• head cheese

Anagrams

• Clappers, clappers, crapples

Source: Wiktionary


Scrap"ple, n. [Dim. of scrap.]

Definition: An article of food made by boiling together bits or scraps of meat, usually pork, and flour or Indian meal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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