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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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