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chitling|ˈtʃɪtlɪŋ|
Also chitlin.
[See chitterling.]
1. Another form of chitterling: widely used in Eng. dialects, and in U.S.: cf. also chidlings.
1886Cole S.W. Lincolnsh. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Chitlings. 1887Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 31 Dec. 2/4 A dish of smoking sausages was flanked by a dish of chitlins. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Chitlings..the small intestines of the pig—usually fried as a great delicacy amongst the poor. 1888Addy Sheffield Gl. s.v., To beg the chitlings of pigs. 1888Oxford & Berksh. Gl., Chidlings or chitlings.
2. fig. Rags, tatters, shreds. U.S.
a1848Robb Squatter Life (Bartlett), They were tearing my character all to chitlins. 1855Haliburton Hum. Nat. (1859) 188 (Bartlett), To tear my reputation to chitlins. |