sweetbread

Cooked sweetbread encrusted with chufa

Meaning

Noun

Related

Similar words

  • belly sweetbread, gutbread, heart sweetbread, stomach sweetbread
  • gullet sweetbread, neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread

Origin

  • Apparently from sweet + bread, though the reason is not immediately evident. Possibly connected with Dutch zwezerik, whose etymology is also unclear.

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