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Definition of Chitlin
1. chitling [n -S] - See also: chitling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chitlin
Literary usage of Chitlin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1863)
"... as she surveyed chitlin the Cannibal ; and at length breaking silence, she
said, " So your circumstances are desperate, and it would be an object to you ..."
2. The Dialect and Folk-lore of Northamptonshire by Thomas Sternberg (1851)
"AS cit. Ak. 2. A shoot or tender stalk; or the first sprout of corn from the seed.
Bat. chitlin. The name of a small and early kind of apple. CHITTERLINGS. ..."
3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"I dunno ef the chitlin's was the same or no, but the nigger was the same, an'
his grin put me in mind of home an' the kind friends that had seed me on the ..."
4. Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise and Otherwise by Thomas Washington Talley (1922)
"... An' give poor Nigger de chitlin's. Sho! Sho! YOU HAD BETTER MIND MASTER 'WAY
down yon'er in 'Possum Trot, (In ole Miss'sip' whar de sun shines hot) Dere ..."
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