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haggis
(hægɪs)
Word forms: plural haggises
variable noun
A haggis is a large sausage, usually shaped like a ball, which is made from minced sheep's meat contained inside the skin from a sheep's stomach. Haggis is traditionally made and eaten in Scotland.
haggis in British English
(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 origin
C15: perhaps from haggen to hack1haggis in American English
(ˈhægɪs)
noun
a Scottish dish made of the lungs, heart, etc. of a sheep or calf, mixed with suet, seasoning, and oatmeal and boiled in the animal's stomach
Word origin
ME hagas, kind of pudding < ? haggen, hag2Image ofhaggis
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