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haggis
[ hag-is ]
noun
- a traditional pudding made of the heart, liver, etc., of a sheep or calf, minced with suet and oatmeal, seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the animal.
haggis
/ ˈhæɡɪs /
noun
- a Scottish dish made from sheep's or calf's offal, oatmeal, suet, and seasonings boiled in a skin made from the animal's stomach
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of haggis1
Example Sentences
“Yeah, we keep all the evil ones in the closet,” Haggis said, for which he was reprimanded.
The Apostate (2011)Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology.
The Scots package their prized haggis in a can—a mixture of heart, liver, and lungs in the stomach of a sheep.
Haggis is still not talking about his departure from Scientology.
Hall asked his staff to inquire whether Haggis would be interested in resuming work.
Robert Burns, who has sung of the haggis and the whisky of his native land, has only made indirect mention of porridge.
Even that national source of joy, "great chieftain of the pudding-race," the haggis, has its name from the French hachis.
I 'll no deny she was a bra sauncie woman, and kenned weel to make a haggis wi' an ape's head and shoulders.
After an hour Bobby woke long enough to eat a generous plate of that delectable and highly nourishing Scotch dish known as haggis.
The mess we had joined was largely Scotch, so we decided we must make a haggis, that "chieftain of the pudden race."
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