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8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off
originProbably borrowed from Low German ribbesper, from Middle Low German ribbespêr (“spare-ribs”), from ribbe (“rib”) + sper (“spear; spit”), from Old Saxon ribbi + sper, from Proto-Germanic *ribją + *speru. The word was transposed, with the first element becoming confused with English spare due to folk-etymology. Compare also English ribspare (rare, modern uses dialectal).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- pebas 9
- aspire 8
- barres 8
- braise 8